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Duchy of Spoleto Ducatus Spolitanorum (Latin) | |||||||||||
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| 570–1201 | |||||||||||
 The Duchy of Spoleto shown within Italy in 1000 | |||||||||||
| Status | Vassal state of the Kingdom of the Lombards (570–774) Imperial fief (776–1201) | ||||||||||
| Capital | Spoleto | ||||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||||
• Spoleto established by the Kingdom of the Lombards | 570 | ||||||||||
• Charlemagne conquers the Lombards and grants the duchy to the Church | 774-776 | ||||||||||
• Duchy resurrected as a Frankish margraviate | 842 | ||||||||||
• Berengar diminishes the size of the Duchy | 949 | ||||||||||
• Investiture Controversy | 1075–1122 | ||||||||||
| 1201 | |||||||||||
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| Today part of | Italy | ||||||||||
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The Duchy of Spoleto (Latin: Ducatus Spolitanorum) was a Lombard territory founded about 570 in central Italy by the Lombard dux Faroald. Its capital was the city of Spoleto.