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Name: Duchy of Carinthia

Type: Polity

Start: 977 AD

End: 1286 AD

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Was a duchy located in southern Austria and parts of northern Slovenia.

Establishment


  • January 977: Carinthia was made a separate duchy from Bavaria.
  • Chronology


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    1. Mongol invasions and conquests


    Were a series of military campaigny by the Mongols that created the largest contiguous Empire in history, the Mongol Empire, which controlled most of Eurasia.

    1.1.Mongol Invasions of Germany

    Were a series of Mongol raids in Germany.

    1.1.1.First Mongol Invasion of Germany

    Was a Mongol raid in the Holy Roman Empire.

  • May 1241: The Mongols invaded the Holy Roman Empire without major clash of arms.The army invaded eastern Germany, and crossed the March of Moravia in April-May 1241.
  • June 1241: The Mongols left eastern Germany and Moravia.

  • 1.1.2.Second Mongol Invasion of Germany

    The Mongols raided eastern Austria and southern Moravia again in December 1241 and January 1242.

  • January 1242: The Mongols raided eastern Austria and southern Moravia again in January 1242.
  • February 1242: The Mongols raided eastern Austria and southern Moravia again in January 1242. After the raid, the Mongols left these regions.

  • 2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)


  • January 1001: It was with the rebirth of the year 1000 that Treviso obtained municipal statutes.

  • January 1001: Only after the year 1000 Padua began to recover, gradually establishing itself as an independent municipality.

  • January 1001: Affirmation of a de facto lordship of the bishop of Vicenza.

  • January 1008: In 1007, the Prince-Bishopric of Bamberg was established.

  • January 1028: Establishment of the Trento Prince-Bishopric.

  • January 1041: The County of Carniola was partitioned from Carinthia.

  • January 1045: Occupation of Grado by the Aquileian patriarch Poppone.

  • January 1046: When Poppone of Aquileia died in 1045, Venetian Doge Contarini sent the fleet to retake the city of Grado.

  • January 1078: The patriarchs of Aquileia obtained feudal investiture (1077-1420) over Friuli.

  • January 1136: Ortenburg County is partitioned from Carinthia.

  • January 1146: Pula (Pola) and Izola (Isola) were Venetian Colonies from 1145.

  • January 1151: Bassano declares itself Free Commune.

  • January 1151: Treviso conquers Federazione dei Sette Comuni.

  • January 1161: Matrei near Lienz was first mentioned in 1160.

  • January 1168: The Carinthian control over Verona ended with the advent of the Lombard League in 1167.

  • January 1180: Establishment of the Brixen Prince-Bishopric.

  • January 1201: In the 12th century the city of Trieste became a Free Commune.

  • January 1201: The spontaneous dedication of most of western and southern Istria to the Republic of Venice began in the 12th century and could be considered practically concluded around the middle of the 14th century.

  • January 1247: Krain is acquired by the Duchy of Carinthia.

  • January 1268: Poreč (Parenzo) was a Venetian Colony from 1267.

  • January 1270: Krain is acquired by the Kingdom of Bohemia.

  • January 1279: The Venetians conquer Motovun (Montona d'Istria).

  • Disestablishment


  • January 1287: In 1286, the territory of Carinthia was transferred to the control of the Görz County, ruled by the Counts of Gorizia-Tyrol.
  • Selected Sources


  • Strakosh-Grassmann, G. (1893): Der Einfall der Mongolen in Mitteleuropa in den Jahren 1241 und 1242, Innsbruck (Austria), pp. 53-67
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