Polity Kyburg County

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Was a county of the Holy Roman Empire.

Establishment

  • January 1101: Kyburg county came into being in the 11th century from the connection between Adelheid, the daughter of Adalbert, the last lord of Winterthur, and Hartmann I von Dillingen, who from then on called himself von Kyburg after his new ancestral seat.

Chronology

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1. Events

  • January 1174: The Counts of Kyburg ruled over the Zug area since the Lenzburgers died out in 1173.
  • January 1219: When the Zähringer family died out in 1218, Freiburg passed to the Counts of Kyburg by inheritance.
  • January 1265: After the Kyburgs died out in 1264, their possessions passed to the Habsburgs through inheritance.

Disestablishment

  • January 1278: Freiburg im Üechtland was bought by the House of Habsburg in 1277 for 3040 silver marks.