!!!Andechs-Meranien, Hochadelsgeschlecht

Andechs-Meranien, aristocratic dynasty: The counts of A. from Bavaria 
ruled over a territory in the middle of the Inn valley (Northern 
Tyrol) during the 11th century. Their family seat was Ambras castle. 
Derived their rights as counts from fiefs in Brixen/Bressanone (South 
Tyrol). They founded  Innsbruck (1180 market status, town status 
around 1200). Around 1170, members of the family became Landvogts of 
Brixen/Bressanone, Counts of the Eisack and Puster valleys and 1173 
were enfeoffed with Carniola and Istria. Because of their positions at 
Rijeka, they were given the title of Duke of Merania in 1180. Duke 
Heinrich, however, was allegedly involved in the murder of the German 
King Philipp of Swabia and was therefore outlawed in 1209. He lost 
Bressanone, his rights as a count in the Inn, Eisack, and Puster 
valleys and also his imperial fiefs. Around 1230, these were given 
back to his brother Otto II, who died as the last of the family line 
in 1248. His property in Tyrol fell to the  Tyrolean Counts. See also: 
 Agnes von Andechs-Meranien.

!Literature
J. Riedmann, in: J. Fontana, Geschichte Ti., vol. 1, 1985; 
J. Kirmeier and E. Brockhoff, Herzoege und Heilige, 1993.


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