The County of Feldkirch was a county in the
Holy Roman Empire
The Holy Roman Empire was a political entity in Western, Central, and Southern Europe that developed during the Early Middle Ages and continued until its dissolution in 1806 during the Napoleonic Wars.
From the accession of Otto I in 962 unt ...
. It was ruled by the
Counts of Montfort
The counts of Montfort were a German noble dynasty from Swabia. They belonged to high nobility of the Holy Roman Empire and enjoyed the privileged status of imperial immediacy.
The influential and wealthy counts of Montfort took their name from a ...
from
Schattenburg castle.
With the death of the last count Frederick VII. of Toggenburg in 1436 the county passed back under the suzerainty of the
House of Habsburg
The House of Habsburg (), alternatively spelled Hapsburg in Englishgerman: Haus Habsburg, ; es, Casa de Habsburgo; hu, Habsburg család, it, Casa di Asburgo, nl, Huis van Habsburg, pl, dom Habsburgów, pt, Casa de Habsburgo, la, Domus Hab ...
.
The head of the House of Habsburg continued carrying the title of "Count of Feldkirch" in the
grand title of the Emperor of Austria.
History of Vorarlberg
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