March (Margraviate) of Carniola | |||||||||
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| 1040–1364 | |||||||||
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.svg) March of Carniola at the time of the Hohenstaufen emperors (circa 1250) The pale highlighted area roughly corresponds to the later Austrian Circle and is shown merely for context | |||||||||
| Status | State (march) of the Holy Roman Empire | ||||||||
| Capital | Kranj (Krainburg)
(Stein) = Kamnik (Laibach) = Ljubljana | ||||||||
| Government | Margraviate | ||||||||
| Margrave | |||||||||
• 1040–1033 (first) | Poppo I | ||||||||
• 1358–1364 (last) | Rudolf IV of Austria | ||||||||
| Historical era | High Middle Ages | ||||||||
• Separated from Bavaria (as part of the Duchy of Carinthia) | 976 | ||||||||
• Margraviate established | 1040 | ||||||||
• Inherited by King Ottokar II of Bohemia (thus uniting it with Austria and Styria) | 1268 | ||||||||
• Seized by House of Habsburg | 1276 | ||||||||
• Declared a duchy by Duke Rudolf IV of Austria | 1364 | ||||||||
• Status as duchy recognised | 1590 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Slovenia | ||||||||
The March (or Margraviate) of Carniola (Kranjska krajina (Slovene); Mark Krain (German)) was a southeastern state of the Holy Roman Empire in the High Middle Ages, the predecessor of the Duchy of Carniola. It corresponded roughly to the central Carniolan region of present-day Slovenia. At the time of its creation, the march served as a frontier defense against the Kingdoms of Hungary and Croatia.