Duchy of Friuli

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The Duchy of Friuli was an early medieval Lombard duchy in northeastern Italy that served as a key frontier region and cultural center during the early Middle Ages.

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Label Occurrences
Duchy of Friuli canonical 3
Ducato del Friuli 1
Ducatus Foroiuliensis 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Lombard duchy
early medieval polity
former state
alternativeName Duchy of Friuli
surface form: Ducato del Friuli

Duchy of Friuli
surface form: Ducatus Foroiuliensis
borderedBy Avar Khaganate
Byzantine Empire
Slavic territories
capital Cividale del Friuli
conflict conflicts with Slavic groups
wars against the Avars
country Kingdom of the Lombards
dissolvedBy Charlemagne
endTime c. 776
late 8th century
era Early Middle Ages
ethnicComposition Lombards
Romanized population
firstDuke Gisulf I of Friuli
foundedBy Alboin
function administrative unit of the Lombard Kingdom
frontier march
military buffer zone
governedBy dukes
heritage part of the historical region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia
historicalSource Historia Langobardorum
surface form: Paul the Deacon’s Historia Langobardorum
language Lombard language
Vulgar Latin
lastRulerTitle Duke of Friuli
legalStatusAfter776 Carolingian county and march
locatedIn Friuli
Italian Peninsula
northeastern Italy
notableRuler Aistulf of Friuli
Gisulf II of Friuli
Lupus of Friuli
Ratchis of Friuli
partOf Kingdom of the Lombards
surface form: Lombard Kingdom
politicalSystem duchy
producedPerson Aistulf of Friuli
surface form: Aistulf, King of the Lombards

Ratchis, King of the Lombards
religion Arianism
surface form: Arian Christianity (early period)

Catholic Christianity
replacedBy Carolingian March of Friuli
significance important cultural center in early Middle Ages
key frontier region against Avars and Slavs
startTime c. 568
late 6th century
subdivisionOf Kingdom of the Lombards
surface form: Regnum Italiae (Lombard Italy)

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Paul the Deacon placeOfBirth Duchy of Friuli
Lombards hadDuchy Duchy of Friuli
Paul Warnefried placeOfBirth Duchy of Friuli
Duchy of Friuli alternativeName Duchy of Friuli
this entity surface form: Ducatus Foroiuliensis
Duchy of Friuli alternativeName Duchy of Friuli
this entity surface form: Ducato del Friuli