County of Gorizia

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(Princely) County of Gorizia Contea (Principesca) di Gorizia (Italian) (Gefürstete) Grafschaft Görz (German)
c. 1117–1500
Flag Coat of arms
County of Gorizia (red) at the time of the Hohenstaufen Emperors (circa 1250); the highlighted area roughly corresponds with the later Austrian Circle, which is provided for context only.
Map of the Habsburg hereditary lands around 1526. The County of Gorizia in yellow.
Status	State of the Holy Roman Empire
Capital	Gorizia Lienz
Official languages	Latin
Common languages	Italian German Friulian Slovene
Religion	Roman Catholicism
Government	County
Count
• 1122–1142	Meinhard I
• 1454–1500	Leonhard
Historical era	Middle Ages
• Meinhard, Count of Gorizia	c. 1117
• Meinhard III inherited Tyrol	1253
• Raised to principality	1365
• Bequeathed to House of Habsburg	1500
• Joined Austrian Circle	1512
• Reunited with Gradisca	1500
Currency	Gorizian Denar
Preceded by Succeeded by Patria del Friuli Princely County of Gorizia and Gradisca

The County of Gorizia (Italian: Contea di Gorizia, German: Grafschaft Görz, Slovene: Goriška grofija, Friulian: Contee di Gurize), from 1365 Princely County of Gorizia, was a State of the Holy Roman Empire. Originally mediate Vogts of the Patriarchs of Aquileia, the Counts of Gorizia (Meinhardiner) ruled over several fiefs in the area of Lienz and in the Friuli region of northeastern Italy with their residence at Gorizia (Görz).

In 1253 the Counts of Gorizia inherited the County of Tyrol, from 1271 onwards ruled by the Gorizia-Tyrol branch which became extinct in the male line in 1335. The younger line ruled the comital lands of Gorizia and Lienz until its extinction in 1500, whereafter the estates were finally acquired by the Austrian House of Habsburg.