 The Counts maintained that independence under the rising Bavarian Wittelsbach dynasty.In 1210, Count Albert IV of Tyrol also took over the "Vogt" office in the Bishopric of Brixen, prevailing against the rivalling Counts of Andechs.In 1253 Count Meinhard of Gorizia "(Görz)" inherited the Tyrolean lands by his marriage to Adelheid, daughter of the last Count Albert IV of Tyrol.