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    Werdenberg was a county of the Holy Roman Empire, within the Duchy of Swabia, situated on either side of the Alpine Rhine, including parts of what is...
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    count of Toggenburg. After the death of the last Toggenburgers the counts of Werdenberg-Sargans redeemed the pledge, to rule over the county anew, with...
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    Leagues). Sargans was part of the county of Werdenberg from the 12th century. The territory of Grisons, the southern part of Raetia Curiensis (in the medieval...
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    the Barony of Belmont, the Lordship of Sax, the Barony of Rhäzüns, the Barony of Vaz, County of Werdenberg, Disentis Abbey and the Bishopric of Chur. The...
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  • Werdenberg may refer to : Werdenberg, Switzerland, a town in the municipality of Grabs, St. Gallen, Switzerland Werdenberg (Holy Roman Empire), a state...
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    as the Principality of Liechtenstein. County of Werdenberg History of Liechtenstein (in German) Purchase contract of the County of Vaduz, 1712 (in German)...
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    municipalities of Balzers, Planken, Schaan, Triesen, Triesenberg and Vaduz. The county was created in 1342, after the subdivision of the County of Werdenberg. In...
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    Valley of Saanen Imperial Valley of Château-d'Œx County of Werdenberg – from 1493 by treaty with Lucerne; annexed by Glarus in 1517. Imperial City of Rottweil –...
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    canton of the Helvetic Republic from 1798 to 1803, consisting of Glarus and its subject County of Werdenberg, the Höfe and March districts of Schwyz and...
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    rebuilt into a chateau. About the county of Werdenberg Sigmaringen came in 1535 to be owned by the high noble family of the Hohenzollern. In 1632, the Swedes...
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    that time Glarus has used the image of Saint Fridolin on its flags and in its coat of arms. The County of Werdenberg was annexed to Glarus in 1517. Between...
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    Barony of Sax-Forstegg County of Werdenberg The Helvetic Republic also annexed two territories not previously part of Switzerland: Fricktal, a part of the...
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  • During the following century, several of these states were acquired by the County of Württemberg or the Duchy of Austria, as marked above. In 1803 Bavarian...
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    national significance. It was the original seat of the County of Werdenberg in the Holy Roman Empire. List of castles in Switzerland "Kantonsliste A-Objekte"...
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    Grey League (category Associates of the Old Swiss Confederacy)
    blood feuds and battles had raged between the Lords of Belmont, Werdenberg, Rhäzüns and the Bishop of Chur as well as minor nobles. The constant warfare...
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    Sigmaringensein as well as the county of Veringen in Margraviate of Austria, to his uncle and liegeman Count Eberhard III. von Werdenberg (1387–1416) as a fief...
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    Sargans (redirect from History of Sargans)
    century. Sargans was part of the territory of the county of Werdenberg from the 12th century, with a separate line of Werdenberg-Sargans established in the...
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    Alpine Rhine (category Landforms of the canton of St. Gallen)
    under the county of Werdenberg-Heiligenberg. From when the Habsburgs acquired the county of Tyrol in 1363, they gradually began to gain control of the Rhine...
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    Säntis was the name of a canton of the Helvetic Republic from 1798 to 1803, consisting of the territory of St. Gallen, Appenzell, and Rheintal. Its capital...
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  • of Montfort". His territories as count included Raetia Curiensis, Tettnang, Bregenz, Feldkirch, Sonnenberg, Werdenberg, and Sargans. The new House of...
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    valleys of Graubünden. Through his second marriage with the Countess Clementine from Montfort-Werdenberg, Johann Peter gained the county of Werdenberg and...
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    Vogtei Rheintal (lit. 'Bailiwick of the Rhine Valley') was a condominium of the Old Swiss Confederacy from the 15th century until 1798. Its territory corresponded...
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    Swiss Associates (category Associates of the Old Swiss Confederacy)
    Valley of Saanen Imperial Valley of Château-d'Œx County of Werdenberg – from 1493 by treaty with Lucerne; annexed by Glarus in 1517. Imperial City of Rottweil –...
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    1363. Date of death proposed at Cur-Rätiens Urkunden, Band III (1858), 107, p. 166. Diethelm VI, Graf von Toggenburg Katharina von Werdenberg-Heilingenberg...
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  • the state flag. The counts of Werdenberg, who split off from the Montfort line, used a black banner on silver, while Werdenberg-Vaduz used a silver banner...
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    free city of Rapperswil, Pfäfers Abbey, Sargans and the independent lordships (bailiwicks) of Rheintal, Sax-Forstegg, Hohensax, Werdenberg, Windegg and...
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    The House of Oettingen was a high-ranking noble Franconian and Swabian family. It ruled various estates that composed the County of Oettingen between...
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  • Free Imperial Cities, Imperial abbeys, Imperial Knights, Imperial Villages This is a list of states in the Holy Roman Empire beginning with the letter W:...
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    list of the longest-reigning monarchs in history, detailing the monarchs and lifelong leaders who have reigned the longest, ranked by length of reign...
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    on the south bank of Lake Constance. In 1500, he occupied the County of Gorizia for Austria. In 1501, he was awarded the Order of the Golden Fleece....
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