!!!Meinhard I., Graf von Tirol als Graf von Görz Meinhard III

Meinhard I, Count of Tyrol (as Count of Gorizia 
Meinhard III), b. around 1200/05, d. Jan./Feb. 1258, 
Count of Gorizia and Tyrol, father of  Meinhard II. From 1232 
lord of the Gorizia estates, in 1237 invested his father-in-law  
Albert III of Tyrol with his estate (married to Albert´s 
daughter Adelheid), 1248-1250 captain of the German Empire in Styria 
and Carniola, 1250 also in Austria in1252 in the Treaty of Lieserhofen 
had to take estates (Lienz) as fiefs from Philipp Archbishop of 
Salzburg and give his sons as hostages. After the death of Albert III 
in 1253 M. and his brother-in-law Gebhard von Hirschberg divided 
Tyrol, M. received South Tyrol and fortified his position there, his 
descendants, the  Meinhardiner, dominated Tyrol, Carinthia and Gorizia 
until well into the 14%%sup th/%  century.  Ulrich von Liechtenstein 
immortalised M. in his book "Frauendienst", dealing with life at 
court.

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