House of Toggenburg (en), Toggenburger (de), Maison de Toggenburg (fr), Casato di Toggenburgo (it), Casa de Toggenburgo (es)
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The House of Toggenburg was a noble family from eastern Switzerland. The main area of the County of Toggenburg was in the
landscape that bears its name today as "Toggenburg". The title of Count of Toggenburg has been documented since 1209. The
family's ancestral seat was Alt-Toggenburg, today a ruin in the municipality of Kirchberg, Canton St. Gallen. Shortly before
their extinction in 1436, the family was able to establish one of the largest territorial dominions between the Swiss Confederation
and the Habsburgs through inheritances and pledges. The disputed division of the Toggenburg inheritance was one of the reasons
for the outbreak of the so-called Old Zurich War between the Swiss Cantons of Zurich, Schwyz and Glarus.
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