Margraviate of Austria

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Was a medieval frontier march within the territory of modern Austrian provinces of Upper Austria and Lower Austria.

Establishment

September 1156: Austria was elevated from a margraviate to an independent duchy in the Privilegium Minus.

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.

Disestablishment

January 1251: Upon the death of Gertrude's second husband, Margrave Herman VI of Baden, in 1250, Ottokar of Bohemia invaded the Austrian lands, acclaimed by the local nobility. To substantiate his claims, he married Margaret (about 30 years his senior) in 1252.