County of Sargans

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County of Sargans
Grafschaft Sargans
11th century? – 1798
Flag of Sargans
Coat of arms of Sargans
Coat of arms of the Werdenberg counts of Sargans
Coat of arms of the
Werdenberg counts
Habsburgs

1396
• County redeemed from
    Toggenburgers

1436
• Allied with Switzerland
    in the Old Zürich War

1440–46

1458–1798
1798
February 19, 1803
Preceded by		 Succeeded by
Duchy of Swabia
Raetia Curiensis
Canton of Linth

The

cantons of Uri, Schwyz, Unterwalden, Lucerne, Zürich, Glarus and Zug
.

History

In 1396, the counts of

Vogtei (protectorates) of the Habsburgs. The inhabitants of the country refused, however, to recognise the counts of Werdenberg-Sargans as their lords and, in 1436, made a treaty with the city of Zürich
.

In the Old Zürich War, a civil war between Zürich and the cantons of Glarus and Schwyz, the counts allied themselves with the opponents of Zürich. Schwyz and Glarus conquered the county and forced the population to carry out, for the count von Werdenberg-Sargans, the Oath of Loyalty.

In 1458, the counts renewed their association with Schwyz and Glarus. Nevertheless, the

Old Swiss Confederation. (Whilst there were eight cantons to Switzerland, Bern was not involved in this transaction.) The purchase of 1483 stood at the conclusion of a decades-long expansionist policy
of the Confederation in the east of Switzerland.

The joint administration of the

blood court
(Blutgerichtsbarkeit) of Sargans.

A special case was the area of the today's municipality of Wartau. It belonged to the County of Sargans, with exception of the Lordship of Wartau, which covered only Wartau Castle and the village of Gretschins (now part of Wartau). The Lordship was legally closely interlaced with the remaining area of the today's municipality Wartau, but was subordinate to the jurisdiction of the County of Werdenberg. In 1517, when Werdenberg became a part of Glarus, this legal situation led to numerous conflicts in 1694–95 between the Landvögte of Werdenberg and Sargans over "Wartauer trade", which was taken as far as the Tagsatzung, a Swiss confederal council.

In 1798, most of the county was given liberty as an independent canton of Sargans, until the county was annexed to the

Old Swiss Confederation in 1803, Sargans passed to the newly established canton of St. Gallen
.

Counts of Sargans

See Counts of Werdenberg in Sargans

House of Werdenberg

(The counting of the counts follows the counts of Werdenberg)

  • Hartmann I (1248–1264), son of Rudolf I of Werdenberg, m
  • Rudolf II (1264–1322), son, married Adelheid von Burgau ()
  • Rudolf III (1322–1325), son, married
  • Rudolf IV (1325–1361), brother, m. . Ruled together with Rudolf III until his death
  • John I (1361–1396), pawned the county to Austria (1396), died 1399

The county is pawned to Austria and delivered to the Toggenburgs:

House of Toggenburg

Ruler Portrait Born Years Marriage Death Notes
Donat
(Donat. von Toggenburg)		 1358
Third son of Frederick V and Kunigunde of Vaz or von Vatz		 1396–1400[1] Agnes of Habsburg-Laufenburg (1387–1425)[2]
two children		 7 November 1400
Frederick

(Friedrich VII. von Toggenburg)		 c.1380
Son of Diethelm VI and Catherine of Werdenberg-Heilingenberg		 1400–1436
Elisabeth von Mätsch

three children		 30 April 1436
Feldkirch
aged c. 55/56

Titular counts of Werdenberg from the House of Werdenberg

  • John I (1396–1399)
  • George I (1399–1412), with:
    • Wilhelm I (1399–1412)
    • John II (1399–1405)
    • Hugh I (1399–1421)
    • Heinrich I (1399–1436)

In 1436 the county returns to the Werdenbergs:

House of Werdenberg

  • Heinrich I (1436–1447), recovered Sargans in 1436
  • Wilhelm I (II) (1447–1474), with:
    • George I (II) (1447–1483), sold county to Swiss Confederacy

Gallery

Eastern Switzerland in 1798, with shared territories in grey and associate members of the Confederacy outlined. The County of Sargans can be seen in the south, between the two parts of Glarus (green).
Sargans Castle, with the coats of arms of the seven cantons sharing jurisdiction visible on the left-hand side
Country of Sargans, with the coats of arms and fortifications

References

  1. ^ Donat von Toggenburg
  2. ^ Agnes von Habsburg-Laufenburg

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