County of Sonnenberg

County of Sonnenberg
Grafschaft Sonnenberg
State of the Holy Roman Empire
1424–1511
Coat of arms
Capital Nüziders-Sonnenberg
Languages Alemannic German
Government Principality
Historical era Middle Ages
   Partitioned from Waldburg 1424
   Annexed by Austria 1511
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Waldburg
Archduchy of Austria

Sonnenberg was a county ruled by the comital Waldburg family of Upper Swabia, located around Nüziders-Sonnenberg in Vorarlberg, then part of Tyrol (Austria).

Sonnenberg was a partition of Waldburg and was annexed by the Archduchy of Austria in 1511.

The Habsburg monarchs continued carrying the title of "Count of Sonnenberg" in the grand title of the Emperor of Austria.

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