Marca Geronis

This article is about the specific polity Marca Geronis and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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Was a vast march in the middle of the tenth century, located in eastern Germany. It was divided into a multitiude of marches in 965.

Establishment

February 962: It was created probably for Thietmar (in the 920s).

Chronology

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1. Frankish Partitions

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.

1.1.Incoronation of Otto I

East Frankish King Otto I was crowned first Holy Roman Emperor.

Disestablishment

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.

January 966: The Northern March or North March (German: Nordmark) was created out of the division of the vast Marca Geronis in 965.