Gruyere
Gruyère was an Alpine county in the upper Sarine valley, ruled from Gruyères Castle. In 1337 Count Peter III held it under Savoy's suzerainty; he had made a combourgeoisie treaty with Fribourg in 1331.
The counts supported Fribourg against Bern at Laupen in 1339. After 1528 their opposition to the Reformation deepened their quarrel with Protestant Bern. Debt brought bankruptcy in 1554, and in 1555 Bern and Fribourg divided the county: Bern took the upper valley and Fribourg made Gruyères a bailiwick.
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- Catherine de la Tour-Châtillon
- William II of Gruyères
- Peter I of Gruyères
- Peter II of Gruyère
- Peter III of Gruyères
- Peter IV of Gruyères
- Peter the Younger of Gruyère
- Rodolphe of Gruyère, Lord of Montsalvens
- Rudolf I of Gruyères
- Rodolphe II of Gruyère
- Rodolphe III of Gruyère