Patria del Friuli

Patriarchate of Aquileia
Patria del Friuli (Italian)
Patria Fori Iulii (Latin)
Patrie dal Friûl (Friulian)
1077–1433
Flag of Friuli
The Patria del Friuli/Patriarchate of Aquileia (red) at the time of the Hohenstaufen Emperors (circa 1250). The pale highlighted area shows the March of Verona.
The Patria del Friuli/Patriarchate of Aquileia (red) at the time of the Hohenstaufen Emperors (circa 1250). The pale highlighted area shows the March of Verona.
StatusState of the Holy Roman Empire
Capital
Official languagesLatin
Religion
Roman Catholicism
GovernmentEcclesiastical principality
Patriarch 
• 1068–1077
Sigehard
• 1412–1420
Louis of Teck
Legislature
  • ad hoc patriarchal councils (13th century)
  • Parliament (14th century onwards)
Historical eraMiddle Ages
• Duchy of Friuli incorporated into Francia as the March of Friuli
774
• Patriarch Sieghard of Beilstein invested with immediate comital rights
3 April 1077
• Territory secularised by Venice
7 July 1420
• Territory officially ceded to the Republic of Venice as an Imperial fief
1433
• Emperor Charles V renounces all Imperial feudal rights to the territory.
1523
Preceded by
Succeeded by
March of Verona
Republic of Venice
County of Gorizia
Today part of

The Patria del Friuli[1] (Latin: Patria Fori Iulii, Friulian: Patrie dal Friûl) was the territory under the temporal rule of the Patriarch of Aquileia and one of the ecclesiastical states of the Holy Roman Empire. In 1420, the Republic of Venice acquired it, but it continued to be ruled for some time under its own laws and customs.

  1. ^ Carla Marcato, "The Friulian Lexicon", in Rosa Mucignat, ed., The Friulian Language: Identity, Migration, Culture (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014), p. 63: "at least since the twelfth century, the designation Patria del Friuli ("Fatherland of Friuli") has been used to indicate the Patriarchate of Aquileia, which as a territorial entity dates back to 1077. ... The designation Patria del Friuli continued to be used ... during Venetian rule over Friuli."