Duchy of Merania

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Was a fiefdom of the Holy Roman Empire that controlled territories in southern Germany and Austria.

Establishment

February 962: The Duchy of Merania was a fiefdom of the Holy Roman Empire. The dukes of Merania were recognised as princes of the Empire enjoying imperial immediacy.

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.

2. 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.

2.1.Mongol Invasions of Germany

Were a series of Mongol raids in Germany.

2.1.1.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.

3. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

January 1249: Through inheritance, in 1248 the Hohenstaufen came into possession of the north-eastern part of the Upper Franconian possessions of the Counts of Andechs-Meranien with Bayreuth.

Disestablishment

January 1250: After the death of the first Meranian Duke in 1159, his son Konrad III. was his successor. He is only mentioned as Duke of Merania, thus Croatia and Dalmatia had disappeared from the Duchy.