March of Verona
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The March of Verona and Aquileia was a vast march (frontier district) in northeastern Italy during the Middle Ages, centered on Verona and Aquileia. It was created by Berengar II of Italy as part of a general restructuring of the realm. It replaced the old Duchy of Friuli.
At various times, the march of Verona was under the control of the Duchy of Carinthia and at other times not. From 951 to 975, both Carinthia and Verona were under the control of the Duchy of Bavaria, forming a massive Italian, German, and Slavic fief ruled by relatives of the Saxon dynasty.[1] In 975, a commune was chartered in the city.
Much later, the Holy Roman Emperors began to appoint vicars to represent them, instead of margraves, in Verona in the twelfth century. At this time, the city of Verona and other cities in the march developed into independent communes. In 1164, the most important cities of the march formed the Veronese League, a Städtebund aimed at protecting their independence against the emperor. The League was led by Venice; other members were Verona, Padua, Vicenza, and Treviso. In 1167, the Veronese League joined the Lombard League; this constituted the de facto end of the march. The emperors continued to name vicars into the fifteenth century, though by then the office was purely nominal, as most of the territory of the march was held by the Republic of Venice.
[edit] Margraves
- 951 – 955 Henry I
- 955 – 975 Henry II
- 975 – 978 Henry III
- 978 – 985 Otto I
- 1047 – 1055 Welf
- 1072 – 1073 Herman I
- fluorit 1095 Milo
- 1100 – 1115 Matilda
- 1112 – 1130 Herman II
- 1148 – 1151 Herman III
- 1155 – 1184 Herman IV
- 1223 – 1233 Ezzelino
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- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
