Elisabeth von Rapperswil

Elisabeth von Rapperswil
Coats of arms, hydration shell of Countess Elisabeth, after 1300, Stadtmuseum Rapperswil
Bornc. 1261
Died10 April 1309(1309-04-10) (aged 47–48)
Rapperswil
Other namesHabsburg-Laufenburg, Elisabeth von; Homberg, Elisabeth von
OccupationCountess of Grafschaft Rapperswil
Years active1289–1309
Known forBenefactress of the Rüti Abbey and the Oetenbach Nunnery and last Countess of the House of Rapperswil
ChildrenCecilia and Wernher von Homberg by first marriage; Johann I, Rudolf, Ludwig and Clara by second marriage
Rapperswil Castle and Stadtpfarrkirche Rapperswil, residence and parish church of Elisabeth von Rapperswil
Family tree of Elisabeth von Rapperswil according to Heinrich Murer: B[eatae] Mariae Virg[inis] Marisstella, alias Wettingen, Frauenfeld, Kantonsbibliothek Thurgau, Y 115, around 1631.

Elisabeth von Rapperswil (also von Habsburg-Laufenburg, von Homberg; c.1251/1261 – 1309) was the last countess of the House of Rapperswil, and secured by her second marriage the female line of the Counts of Rapperswil and the extensive possessions of Rapperswil in the former Zürichgau to the Laufenburg line. Her son by first marriage was Reichsvogt Wernher von Homberg, and her oldest son by second marriage was Count Johann von Habsburg-Laufenburg who passed over the title of the count of Rapperswil to his oldest son Johann II and his brothers Rudolf and Gotfried.