Elisabeth von Rapperswil dating history

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As [Count Rudolf IV] he had no male heir, the count wished to transfer his fief to his wife Mechtild [of Neifen] as Leibgeding, thenafter to his daughter Elisabeth ... The above-mentioned young Count of Rapperswil [Rudolf V] already died 15 January 1283, and his sister respectively her husband, Ludwig von Homberg, not entforced to the fief, the abbot transferred the fief to his own brother, Rudolf von Güttingen. But king Rudolf [von Habsburg] did not agree, because the acquisition of these bailiwick fit excellently to his plans ... When Count Ludwig von Homberg on 27 April 1289 died, Elisabeth got back Pfäffikon and Wollerau [so-called Höfe district] ... The remaining farms and the bailiwick but remained at the Dukes of Austria ... Pope Nicholas IV confirmed on 23 August 1290 the freedoms and immunities of the pen ... The Countess Elisabeth von Rapperswil-Homberg laid claims to the courts in Brütten and Finstersee, but renounced on 29 November 1293 on their claims ...