The county of

Bregenz Bregenz (; ) is the capital of Vorarlberg, the westernmost states of Austria, state of Austria. The city lies on the east and southeast shores of Lake Constance, the third-largest freshwater lake in Central Europe, between Switzerland in the wes ...

is recorded as part of the

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between 1043 and 1160. It was in possession of the Udalriching family, who took the titles of counts of Bregenz. Pfalzgrafenwappen

After 1160, Bregenz fell to the counts of Montfort-Bregenz (1160 to 1338), a cadet branch of the

counts of Montfort Count of Montfort may refer to: * Counts of Montfort (Swabia) * Count of Montfort-l'Amaury, France {{dab ...

, Montfort-Tettnang-Bregenz (1354 to 1451). After 1451 the title of count of Bregenz was held by the

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and Bregenz was incorporated into the

duchy of Austria The Duchy of Austria (; ) was a medieval principality of the Holy Roman Empire, established in 1156 by the '' Privilegium Minus'', when the Margraviate of Austria ('' Ostarrîchi'') was detached from Bavaria and elevated to a duchy in its own ri ...

. The nominal title of count of Bregenz was kept as part of the

grand title of the Emperor of Austria The grand title of the emperor of Austria () was the vast lists of the crowns, titles, and dignities which the emperors of Austria carried from the foundation of the empire in 1804 until the end of the monarchy in 1918. After the House of Habsb ...

until 1918.

Counts of Bregenz

Counts of Bregenz (Udalriching): * Ulrich VI, d. 950/957, count in Bregenz, count in

Raetia Raetia or Rhaetia ( , ) was a province of the Roman Empire named after the Rhaetian people. It bordered on the west with the country of the Helvetii, on the east with Noricum, on the north with Vindelicia, on the south-west with Transalpine ...

* Ulrich IX, d. before 1079, count of Bregenz, count in

Argengau Argengau was a territory of medieval Alemannia, within East Francia in the 8th and 9th centuries, being a county in the 9th century,Smith, Julia M.H. "Einhard: The Sinner and the Saints" ''Transactions of the Royal Historical Society'', Vol. ...

and Nibelgau * Ulrich X, d. 1097, count of Bregenz * Rudolf I, d. 1160, count of Bregenz, count in Lower Raetia, count of Chur Afterwards the head of the

carried the title.

References

{{reflist *Joseph Zösmair: ''Geschichte Rudolfs des letzten der alten Grafen von Bregenz (1097-1160)'', in: ''Schriften des Vereins für Geschichte des Bodensees und seiner Umgebung'' 44 (1915), 25–39
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Counts of Bregenz

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