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Margravine of Istria

Margraviate of Istria
Markgrafschaft Istrien (de)
Marchesato d’Istria (it)
Markgrofovija Istra (hr)
Mejna grofija Istra (sl)
Part of the Austrian Littoral
Crown land of the Austrian Empire (1861–1867)
Cisleithanian crown land of Austria-Hungary (1867–1918)

1849–1918
Flag Coat of arms
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Istria
Istrian margraviate (outlined in yellow),
Justus Perthes 1855
Capital Rovingo (Rovinj)
Government Monarchy
Legislature Diet of Istria
History
 •  March Constitution 1849
 •  Crown land according to February Patent 1861
 •  Cisleithanian crown land 1867
 •  Disestablished 1918
 •  Ceded to Italy 1919

The March of Istria (or Margraviate of Istria /ˈɪstriə/) was originally a Carolingian frontier march covering the Istrian peninsula and surrounding territory conquered by Charlemagne's son Pepin of Italy in 789. After 1364, it was the name of the Istrian province of the Habsburg Monarchy, the Austrian Empire and Austria-Hungary.

The settlement area of the ancient Histri tribes had been conquered by the Roman Empire until 178 BC and was incorporated into the northeastern Venetia et Histria region of the Italia province under Emperor Augustus. Upon the Decline of the Roman Empire and the Migration Period, the Lombards under King Alboin from 568 onwards conquered Venetia, where they established the Duchy of Friuli, part of their Kingdom of Italy. The Istrian peninsula remained under Byzantine (Eastern Roman) influence, while South Slavic tribes (Croatians and Slovenes) settled in the east and north.


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