Noble family Meinhardiner Parents Albert I of Gorizia Died 1325 | Name Albert of | |
Spouse(s) Elisabeth of HesseEuphemia of Matsch Mother Euphemia of Silesia-Glogau Children Henry V, Count of Gorizia, Meinhard VI of Gorizia, Albert III, Count of Gorizia Grandparents Meinhard I, Count of Gorizia-Tyrol Great grandchildren Sophia of Bavaria, Ernest, Duke of Bavaria, Leonhard of Gorizia, John II, Count of Gorizia | ||
Albert II (died c. 1325), a member of the House of Gorizia (Meinhardiner dynasty), ruled as governor of the County of Gorizia from 1323, on behalf of his nephew Count John Henry IV.
Life
Albert II was a younger son of Count Albert I of Gorizia and his wife Euphemia, a daughter of the Silesian duke Konrad I of Głogów. He thereby was the younger brother of Henry III, ruling Count of Gorizia upon their father's death in 1304. When his brother died in 1323, Albert acted as regent for Henry's minor son John Henry IV.
Albert married Elizabeth, a daughter of Landgrave Henry I of Hesse and, secondly, Euphemia of Mätsch, daughter of bailiff Ulrich II. He was the father of:
Albert's three sons succeeded as Counts of Gorizia upon the early death of their cousin John Henry IV in 1338.