Duchy of Franconia
Duchy of Franconia | |||||||||||||
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| 906–1168 | |||||||||||||
| Status | Stem duchy | ||||||||||||
| Religion | Roman Catholic (official) Germanic paganism | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
• Established | 906 | ||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1168 | ||||||||||||
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| Today part of | Germany | ||||||||||||
The Duchy of Franconia (Middle High German: Herzogtuom Franken) was one of the five stem duchies of East Francia and the medieval Kingdom of Germany emerging in the early 10th century. The word Franconia, first used in a Latin charter of 1053, was applied like the words Francia, France, and Franken, to a portion of the land occupied by the Franks.