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The Kyburg family (/ ˈ k aɪ b ɜːr ɡ /; German: [ˈkyːbʊʁk]; also Kiburg) was a noble family of grafen in the Duchy of Swabia, a cadet line of the counts of Dillingen, who in the late 12th and early 13th centuries ruled the County of Kyburg, corresponding to much of what is now Northeastern Switzerland.
Kyburg Castle (German: Schloss Kyburg) is a castle in Switzerland, overlooking the Töss river about 3 km south-east of Winterthur, in Kyburg municipality, canton of Zürich. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
Apr 27, 2022 · Genealogy for Ulrich III von Kyburg, Graf von Kyburg (c.1155 - 1227) family tree on Geni, with over 245 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives.
- Anna Von Zähringen
- Switzerland
- circa 1155
- Kloster Schänis
Kyburg Castle - History in a natural setting. Towering 150 metres above the River Töss, Kyburg Castle boasts a splendid 270-degree view of the surrounding area from the Seerücken hills to the Hegau Volcanoes, the Feldberg, the Jura mountains and Alpine ridges to Glärnisch Mountain.
The Kyburg dynasty became the most important noble family alongside with the Habsburgs and the Savoys in the Swiss Plateau. After the death of the last Kyburger in 1264 Rudolf von Habsburg took over the inheritance.
Jan 19, 2024 · Archaeologists announced this week that they have discovered an intact 14th-century medieval gauntlet during excavations around Switzerland's Kyburg Castle—a rare find, given that only five...
After Berchtold V’s death in 1218, the castle passed to the noble Kyburg family. The castle served as a count’s residence until 1384. After losing the Burgdorf war in 1383, the Kyburgs were forced to sell the earldom of Burgdorf to the emerging city state of Bern.
