Lordship (County) of Rapperswil Herrschaft (Grafschaft) Rapperswil | |||||||||
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| 1220–1464 | |||||||||
 Juliusbanner (1512)
 Coat of arms
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| Status | Lordship, County | ||||||||
| Capital | Rapperswil | ||||||||
| Government | Lordship, County | ||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages, Early Modern period | ||||||||
• Rapperswil founded | 1229 (official date) | ||||||||
• Lordship established | ca 1233 1220 | ||||||||
1309–58 | |||||||||
1415–58 | |||||||||
1440–46 | |||||||||
1458–1798 | |||||||||
1798 1464 | |||||||||
| February 19, 1803 | |||||||||
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The House of Rapperswil respectively Counts of Rapperswil (Grafen von Rapperwil since 1233, before Lords) ruled the upper Zürichsee and Seedamm region around Rapperswil and parts of, as of today, Swiss cantons of St. Gallen, Glarus, Zürich and Graubünden when their influence was most extensive around the 1200s until the 1290s. They acted also as Vogt of the most influential Einsiedeln Abbey in the 12th and 13th century, and at least three abbots of Einsiedeln were members of Rapperswil family.