House of Matsch

Matsch, also written Maetsch, Mätsch, Metsch or Mazzo (Italian) is an old Swiss-Austrian noble family. Their origin is uncertain; they may have come from the Upper Veltlin from the village of Mazzo or may have been a sideline of the lords of Tarasp. The seats of the lords of Matsch were the castles of Obermatsch and Untermatsch in the Matscher Tal. Later they captured the Churburg at Schluderns in the Vinschgau valley and turned that into their main residence. For a time the lords of Matsch were one of the most powerful noble families in the Vinschgau and in present-day Graubünden.

Matsch coat of arms
Zurich Armorial c. 1340

Important members of the family
  • Egino I of Matsch (1160–1192)
  • Arnold of Matsch, Bishop of Chur (1210–1221)
  • Elizabeth of Matsch (died after 1443), later widow of Frederick VII, the last Count of Toggenburg
  • Gaudenz of Matsch (1436–1504)
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References

    Literature
    • Justinian Ladurner, Die Vögte von Matsch, später auch Grafen von Kirchberg, in: Zeitschrift des Ferdinandeums für Tirol und Vorarlberg, 1st Section: Issue 16 (1871), pp. 5–292; 2nd Section: Issue 17 (1872), pp. 1–235; 3rd Section: Issue 18 (1874), pp. 7–158.


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