marca geronis
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Marca Geronis (East Francia)
Marca Geronis
Establishment
January 930: Marca Geronis was a medieval territory in East Francia, created in the 920s for Thietmar, a nobleman and military leader.
Chronology
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The Magyars (or Hungarians) successfully conquered the Carpathian Basin (corresponding to the later Kingdom of Hungary) by the end of the ninth century, and launched a number of plundering raids thoughout Europe.
January 934: In 933, a substantial Magyar army appeared in Saxony.
February 934: An invading Magyar army is defeated by Henry I of Germany at Merseburg (15 March 933).
January 937: Hungarian raid against Saxony (in 936).
February 937: Hungarian raid against Saxony (in 936). The territories were left after the raid.
January 939: In 938, the Magyars repeatedly attacked Saxony.
February 939: In 938, the Magyars repeatedly attacked Saxony. The territories were left after the raid.
The Frankish Kingdom was partitioned and reuinited several times as the Frankish rulers used to divide their territories equally among their heirs. This lead also to a number of wars and revolts.
2.1.Incoronation of Otto I
East Frankish King Otto I was crowned first Holy Roman Emperor.
February 962: It was created probably for Thietmar (in the 920s).
Disestablishment
January 966: The Northern March or North March (German: Nordmark) was created out of the division of the vast Marca Geronis in 965.
January 966: Zeitz is partitioned from the Marca Geronis.
January 966: The Margraviate of Meissen is partitioned from the Marca Geronis.
January 966: On Gero's death in 965 the Marca Geronis was divided into five (sometimes counted as six) different marches: the Nordmark, the Ostmark, Meissen, Zeitz, and Merseburg.
January 966: The Mark Lausitz, also Margraviate of Lausitz (occasionally Ostmark in the 12th century) was formed in 965 as the eastern border mark in the Roman-German Empire after the former Saxon Ostmark was divided.
Selected Sources
Reuter, T. (1995): The New Cambridge Medieval History: c. 900-c. 1024, Cambridge University Press, p. 543
