House of Rapperswil (en), Haus Rapperswil (de), Maison Rapperswil (fr), Casa Rapperswil (it), Casa de Rapperswil (es)
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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.
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