County of Tyrol (under Meinhardiner dynasty)

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Alpine principality county of the Holy Roman Empire medieval principality

The County of Tyrol under the Meinhardiner dynasty was a powerful medieval Alpine principality centered in what is now western Austria and northern Italy, known for its strategic control of key mountain passes and trade routes.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Alpine principality ⓘ county of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ medieval principality ⓘ
borderedBy	Duchy of Bavaria NERFINISHED ⓘ Duchy of Carinthia NERFINISHED ⓘ Lombard territories of northern Italy ⓘ Prince-Bishopric of Brixen NERFINISHED ⓘ Prince-Bishopric of Trento NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital	Innsbruck NERFINISHED ⓘ Meran NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
economicBase	silver mining in Schwaz region (late period) ⓘ toll revenues from Alpine passes ⓘ trade along north–south routes ⓘ
endCause	transfer to the House of Habsburg ⓘ
endDate	1363 ⓘ
governmentType	feudal county ⓘ
historicalRegion	Tyrol NERFINISHED ⓘ
importantCity	Bozen (Bolzano) NERFINISHED ⓘ Hall in Tirol NERFINISHED ⓘ Innsbruck NERFINISHED ⓘ Meran NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	Ladin ⓘ Middle High German ⓘ Romance vernaculars of northern Italy ⓘ
locatedIn	Eastern Alps NERFINISHED ⓘ present-day northern Italy ⓘ present-day western Austria ⓘ
notableRuler	Henry of Carinthia NERFINISHED ⓘ Margaret of Tyrol NERFINISHED ⓘ Meinhard II of Gorizia-Tyrol NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalStatus	immediate territory of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ imperial county with significant autonomy ⓘ
predecessor	Counts of Tyrol (local comital dynasty) NERFINISHED ⓘ County of Gorizia NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
ruledByDynasty	Meinhardiner dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
rulingHouse	House of Gorizia-Tyrol NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantEvent	unification of Tyrol and Gorizia-Tyrol possessions under Meinhard II around 1253–1258 ⓘ
sovereign	Albert II, Count of Gorizia-Tyrol NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry of Carinthia (Henry of Gorizia-Tyrol) NERFINISHED ⓘ Margaret of Tyrol (Margarete Maultasch) NERFINISHED ⓘ Meinhard II, Count of Gorizia-Tyrol NERFINISHED ⓘ
startDate	1253 ⓘ
strategicImportance	control of Brenner Pass ⓘ control of Reschen Pass ⓘ control of key Alpine trade routes between Germany and Italy ⓘ
successor	County of Tyrol (under Habsburgs) NERFINISHED ⓘ
todayPartOf	Italian Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ Republic of Austria NERFINISHED ⓘ
todayRegionIncludes	Austrian state of Tyrol NERFINISHED ⓘ Italian autonomous province of South Tyrol NERFINISHED ⓘ parts of Italian autonomous province of Trentino ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

County of Gorizia → coRuledWith → County of Tyrol (under Meinhardiner dynasty) ⓘ