March of Friuli Margraviatus Forumiulii | |||||||||
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828–952 | |||||||||
![]() March of Friuli and the surrounding lands | |||||||||
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Government | March | ||||||||
Margrave of Friuli | |||||||||
• 846-866 | Eberhard (first) | ||||||||
• 924-952 | Berenger II (last) | ||||||||
Historical era | Early Middle Ages | ||||||||
• Established | 828 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 952 | ||||||||
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The March of Friuli was a Carolingian frontier march, centered in the historical region of Friuli (corresponding mainly to the modern province of Friuli-Venezia Giulia in north-eastern Italy). Since the Frankish conquest and pacification of the Lombard Kingdom in 774-776,[1] the Duchy of Friuli was placed under the administration of Frankish dukes and gradually expanded towards eastern territories, serving as the main frontier march against the Slavs and Avars.[2] It was reorganized in 828, and its central region (Friuli) was placed under administration of local counts, later margraves.[3] In 843, the region was attached to the Middle Francia, and governed by margraves (sometimes also referred as dukes) from the house of Unruochings. The region remained linked to the Carolingian and post-Carolingian Italy until 952, when it was ceded to the Duchy of Bavaria as the March of Verona. Its core territory comprised parts of modern-day Italy and Slovenia.[4]