Margrave of Carniola
| March (Margraviate) of Carniola | ||||||||||
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Kranjska krajina (sl) Markgrafschaft Krain (de) |
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| State of the Holy Roman Empire | ||||||||||
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March of Carniola at the time of the Hohenstaufen emperors (circa 1250)
The pale highlighted area roughly corresponds to the later Austrian Circle and is shown merely for context
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| Capital | Kranj (Krainburg) | |||||||||
| Government | Margraviate | |||||||||
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| • | 1040–1033 (first) | Poppo I | ||||||||
| • | 1358–1364 (last) | Rudolf IV of Austria | ||||||||
| Historical era | High Middle Ages | |||||||||
| • | Separated from Bavaria (as part of the Duchy of Carinthia) | 976 | ||||||||
| • | Margraviate established | 1040 | ||||||||
| • | Inherited by King Ottokar II of Bohemia (thus uniting it with Austria and Styria) | 1268 | ||||||||
| • | Seized by House of Habsburg | 1276 | ||||||||
| • | Declared a duchy by Duke Rudolf IV of Austria | 1364 | ||||||||
| • | Status as duchy recognised | 1590 | ||||||||
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| Today part of |
 Slovenia
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The March (or Margraviate) of Carniola (Slovene: Kranjska krajina; German: Mark Krain) was a southeastern state of the Holy Roman Empire in the High Middle Ages, the predecessor of the Duchy of Carniola. It corresponded roughly to the central Carniolan region of present-day Slovenia. At the time of its creation, the march served as a frontier defense against the Kingdoms of Hungary and Croatia.
Before the coming of the Romans (c. 200 BC), the Taurisci dwelt in the north of Carniola, the Pannonians in the south-east, the Iapodes or Carni, a Celtic tribe, in the south-west.
Carniola formed part of the Roman province of Pannonia; the northern part was joined to Noricum, the south-western and south-eastern parts and the city of Aemona to Venice and Istria. In the time of Augustus all the region from Aemona to Kolpa river belonged to the province of Savia.
After the fall of the Western Roman Empire (476), Carniola was incorporated into the Kingdom of Italy, and (493) under Theodoric it formed part of the Ostrogothic kingdom. Between the upper Sava and the Soča rivers lived the Carni, and towards the end of the sixth century Slavs settled the region called by Latin writers Carnia, or Carniola meaning, "little Carnia", i.e., part of greater Carnia. Later on the name was changed to Krajina or, in German, Chrainmark. The new inhabitants were subjected to the Avars.
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