Counts of Toggenburg
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The Counts of Toggenburg (Grafen von Toggenburg) ruled the Toggenburg region of today's Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland, as well as parts of the Canton of Glarus, Thurgau, Grisons, Vorarlberg, and Zurich when their influence was most extensive.
The family is first mentioned in 1044 with Diethelm I of Toggenburg and cited as counts (comes) in 1209.
In 1187, Werner of Toggenburg became abbot of Einsiedeln.
According to the legend of Saint Idda of Toggenburg, buried in the abbey of Fischingen, she was the wife of Diethelm IV of Toggenburg, in the 12th century.
In 1436, the death of the last count, Friedrich VII, count of Toggenburg, led to the Old Zurich War over the succession.
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