Albert III (died in 1374),Peter Štih & al., Slovenski zgodovinski atlas (Ljubljana, 2011), p. 75 a member of the

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(''Meinhardiner'' dynasty), ruled as Count of Gorizia from 1338 until his death.

Life

Albert III was a son of Count Albert II of Gorizia (1261–1325) and his first wife Elizabeth, a daughter of Landgrave

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. From 1329 to 1338, he served as governor of Gorizia,

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, and

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for his minor nephew Count John Henry IV. In 1338, he inherited the

County of Gorizia The County of Gorizia ( it, Contea di Gorizia, german: Grafschaft Görz, sl, Goriška grofija, fur, Contee di Gurize), from 1365 Princely County of Gorizia, was a State of the Holy Roman Empire. Originally mediate ''Vogts'' of the Patriarchs of ...

(''Görz'') upon the early death of John Henry IV. Albert ruled jointly with his younger half-brothers

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and Meinhard VI. In 1339, they agreed that Albert would be the sole

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. Three years later, he waived his rights to Gorizia and went on to rule in Istria ( Mitterburg) and in the Windic March, including County of Metlika. Albert III married a noblewoman named Helen and later, in 1353, with Catherine, a daughter of Count Frederick I of Celje. Both marriages were childless. Shortly before his death about 1374, Albert bequested his vast Istrian and Carniolan possessions to the

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duke Rudolf IV of Austria. The remaining Gorizia estates were inherited by his surviving half-brother Meinhard VI, who was elevated to a

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by Emperor Charles IV.

References

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