Background
He was a son of Count Albert II of Gorizia and his wife, Elisabeth of Hesse, a daughter of Landgrave Henry I of Hesse.
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Albert Albert III Count of Gorizia
Edit ProfileCount Palatine governor of Friuli
Career
From 1329 to 1338, he was governor of Friuli, Gorizia and Istria. He ruled jointly with his half-brothers Henry V and Meinhard VI. In 1339, he agreed with his half-brothers that he would be the sole Count Palatine of Carinthia. Albert III married a noblewomen named Helen and later, in 1353, with Catherine of Celje (born between 1284 and 1308), a daughter of Count Frederick I of Celje.
Both marriages were childless.
Membership
Albert III was a member of the Meinhardiner dynasty.
