House of Gorizia
Count Meinhard of the Bavarian "Meinhardiner" noble lineage, with possessions around Lienz in Tyrol, is mentioned as early as 1107; as a "vogt" of the Patriarchate of Aquileia he was enfeoffed with large estates in the former March of Friuli, including the town of Gorizia, and as early as 1127 called himself "Graf von Görz", Count of Gorizia. In the late 13th century, the House of Gorizia emerged as one of the most important noble houses in the Holy Roman Empire.