Windic March
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The Windic March (German: Windische Mark; also known as Wendish March) was a medieval frontier march of the Holy Roman Empire, roughly corresponding to the Lower Carniola (Slovene: Dolenjska) region in present-day Slovenia. In Slovenian historiography, it is known as the Slovene March (Slovene: Slovenska marka or Slovenska krajina).
Etymology
The name Windic is derived from
History
Earliest mentions
The
8th–10th century
The territory of the Windic march was contained within the larger
11th–12th century
After Margrave William of Soune had been killed by the deposed Carinthian duke
13th century
Until 1209 the Counts of Weichselburg held extended possessions in the Windic March. Through a marriage to the last heiress Sophia of Weichselburg, the
In 1248 the title was picked up by Duke Ulrich III of Carinthia, who had married Agnes of Merania after Frederick's death in 1246. When Duke Ulrich died in 1269, King Ottokar II of Bohemia occupied and unified Carniola, the Windic March, the valley of the Savinja, and the Slovenj Gradec as "the march" of his vast kingdom extending from the Baltic Sea to the Adriatic. After 1282, despite King Rudolf I's grant to his sons, Carniola and the Windic march were united under the control of the Meinhardiner duke Meinhard of Carinthia. During this period, the entity became known as the County in the March and Möttlig (Metlika). After 1374, the Windic March fell to the
The head of the House of Habsburg continued carrying the title of "Lord on the Windic March" in the
See also
References
- ISBN 9781483604114.
- ^ Revue des études slaves. Vol. 70. Imprimerie Nationale. 1998. p. 116.
- ^ Matej Bor; Jožef Šavli; Jožko Šavli; Ivan Tomažič (1989). Veneti: naši davni predniki. Editiones Veneti. p. 160.
- ^ Slovene Studies. Vol. 12. Society for Slovene Studies. 1990.
[Sclaui coinomento] Winidi (623), marca Winedorum (631), Walluc dux Winedorum (631), exercitum Winitorum (631)
External links
- Media related to Windic March at Wikimedia Commons