margraviate · Italy
March of Verona
Origins
In 952 Otto I forced Berengar II, King of Italy, to cede Verona, Friuli, Aquileia and Istria. Otto attached these lands to the Duchy of Bavaria under his brother Henry, creating a march that secured the Brenner and eastern Alpine routes between Germany and Italy. In 976 it passed with the new Duchy of Carinthia.
Rule and society
The march was held by German dukes and margraves who rarely resided there, among them Henry I of Bavaria, dukes of Carinthia and Berthold of Zähringen; Hermann I, margrave of Verona in the 1060s, passed the title to his heirs, the margraves of Baden. Real power in the region shifted to bishops, the patriarchs of Aquileia and the growing city of Verona.
Decline and legacy
In 1164 Verona, Vicenza, Padua and Treviso formed the Veronese League against Frederick Barbarossa, and the league later merged into the Lombard League. The march ceased to function, and Verona became a self-governing commune. The margraves of Baden kept the title.
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- March of Verona was part of Duchy of Bavaria952 CE – 976 CE
- March of Verona was part of Holy Roman Empire962 CE – 1164 CE
- March of Verona was part of Duchy of Carinthia976 CE – 1061 CE
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