March of Friuli
The March of Friuli was a
March of Friuli | |||||||||
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846–952 | |||||||||
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Government | Margrave of Friuli | | |||||||
• 846-866 | Eberhard (first) | ||||||||
• 924-952 | Berenger II (last) | ||||||||
Historical era | Early Middle Ages | ||||||||
• Established | 846 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 952 | ||||||||
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History
After
In February 828 the last Friulian dux, Baldric, was removed from office by Emperor Louis the Pious at the Imperial diet of Aachen, as he had not been able to defend the Pannonian frontier against the troops of Khan Omurtag of Bulgaria. The duchy was divided into four counties, which in 846 were gathered together again as part of the Middle Frankish realm ruled by Louis' eldest son Emperor Lothair I. He bestowed Friuli on his brother-in-law Eberhard, of the Frankish Unruochings, with the title of dux, though his successors were called marchio: "margrave."
Eberhard's son Berengar, Friulian margrave since 874, was elected King of Italy after the deposition of Charles the Fat in 887. His election precipitated decades of contests for the throne between rival claimants. Berengar paid homage to the East Frankish king Arnulf of Carinthia, he nevertheless lost the crown to Duke Guy III of Spoleto in 889 and did not succeed in recapturing it until 905. Meanwhile, represented by his counsellor Walfred at the city of Verona, he remained master in Friuli, which was always the base of his support. After Berengar's death in 924, his partisans elected Hugh of Arles king.
King Hugh did not appoint a new margrave and the march lay vacant. It remained a political division of the Frankish
The Veronese march was held by the
Governors
Dukes
Margraves
- 830–866 Eberhard (also dux Foroiuli)
- 866–874 Unroch (III)
- 874–890 Berengar, also Holy Roman Emperor
- 891–896 Walfred
- 896–924 Berengar, also Holy Roman Emperor
- 924–952 Berengar II
Sources
- Hodgkin, Thomas. Italy and her Invaders. Clarendon Press: 1895.