Lombard Tuscany

March of Tuscany
Marca di Tuscia
State of the Holy Roman Empire
812–1197
The March of Tuscany in the political context of Italy around AD 1000
Capital		Lucca (to 1057) Florence (1057–1116) San Miniato
Government		Feudal monarchy
Margrave of Tuscany
•	812–813	Boniface I (first)
•	847–884	Adalbert I
•	931–936	Boso of Arles
•	1076–1115	Matilda
Historical era		Early Middle Ages
•	Adalbert I granted margraviate	846
•	Granted to Boso	931
•	Rainier deposed in favour of House of Canossa	1027
•	Formation of Tuscan League	1197
•	Claimed by Papacy	1198
Preceded by Succeeded by Tuscia Republic of Florence Republic of Lucca Republic of Pisa Republic of Siena
Today part of		Italy

The March of Tuscany (Italian: Marca di Tuscia; Italian pronunciation: ['marka di 'tu∫∫ja]) was a frontier march of the Kingdom of Italy and the Holy Roman Empire during the Middle Ages.

Located in northwestern central Italy, it bordered the Papal States to the south, the Ligurian Sea to the west and Lombardy to the north. It comprised a collection of counties, largely in the valley of the Arno River, originally centered on Lucca.

The march was a Carolingian creation, a successor of the Lombard duchy of Tuscia. After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, Tuscia from 568 had been part of the Italian Kingdom of the Lombards (Langobardia Major) until, in 754, the Frankish kings intervened in the conflict with Pope Stephen II. By the Donation of Pepin, the southern part of Tuscia around Viterbo became part of the newly established Papal States, while the northern part (or Lormbard Tuscany) developed into the Imperial March of Tuscany after Charlemagne had finally conquered the Lombard kingdom in 773/74. Lombardy proper became the nucleus of the Imperial kingdom of Italy, together with the marches of Tuscany and Verona.