March of Carniola
March of Carniola | |||||||||
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| before 973–1364 | |||||||||
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 | |||||||||
| Status | State (march) of the Holy Roman Empire | ||||||||
| Capital | Kranj (Krainburg)
(Stein) = Kamnik (Laibach) = Ljubljana | ||||||||
| Government | Margraviate | ||||||||
| Margrave | |||||||||
• 1040–1033 (first) | Poppo I | ||||||||
• 1358–1364 (last) | Rudolf IV of Austria | ||||||||
| Historical era | High Middle Ages | ||||||||
| 976 | |||||||||
• Margraviate established | before 973 | ||||||||
• 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 | ||||||||
The March of Carniola (Kranjska krajina (Slovene); Markgrafschaft Krain (German)) was a southeastern frontier district (march, or margraviate) of the Carolingian Empire, and a state of the Holy Roman Empire, centered in the region of Carniola (in modern Slovenia). The region came under Carolingian influence in 788, being gradually organized as a county, that was originally placed under Friulian jurisdiction (828), but later transferred to East Francia and reorganized into a frontier march. In the middle of the 10th century, it was under the jurisdiction of the Duchy of Bavaria, but in 976 it was placed under the jurisdiction of the newly created Duchy of Carinthia. At the time of its creation, the march served as a frontier defense against the Kingdoms of Hungary and Croatia. The March of Carniola was later transformed into the Duchy of Carniola (1364).