Duchy of Thuringia

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German principality former state medieval duchy

The Duchy of Thuringia was a medieval German principality in central Europe that played a significant role in the early Holy Roman Empire’s political and cultural history.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Duchy of Thuringia canonical 2
Electorate of Thuringia 1
Landgraviate of Thuringia 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf German principality ⓘ
former state ⓘ
medieval duchy ⓘ
borderedBy Duchy of Bavaria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Duchy of Franconia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Duchy of Saxony NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital Eisenach NERFINISHED ⓘ
Erfurt NERFINISHED ⓘ
Weimar NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country East Francia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
currency various medieval German coinages ⓘ
dissolved 11th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup Thuringians NERFINISHED ⓘ
followedBy Duchy of Saxony NERFINISHED ⓘ
Landgraviate of Thuringia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Margraviate of Meissen NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentForm feudal monarchy ⓘ
historicalRegion Saale river basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thuringian Forest NERFINISHED ⓘ
inception 10th century ⓘ
language Old High German ⓘ
legalSystem feudal law ⓘ
locatedIn Central Europe ⓘ
German stem duchies ⓘ
militaryFunction frontier duchy against Slavic tribes ⓘ
namedAfter Thuringia NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableCity Eisenach NERFINISHED ⓘ
Erfurt NERFINISHED ⓘ
Weimar NERFINISHED ⓘ
partiallyLocatedIn modern state of Hesse ⓘ
modern state of Saxony ⓘ
modern state of Saxony-Anhalt ⓘ
modern state of Thuringia ⓘ
partOf East Francia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
playedRoleIn development of medieval German culture ⓘ
early history of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
precededBy Thuringian Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
rulingDynasty House of Wettin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Liudolfing dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ludowingian dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantEvent integration into the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
partition among neighboring principalities ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wartburg Castle → historicalRegion → Duchy of Thuringia ⓘ
Landgraviate of Hesse → emergedFrom → Duchy of Thuringia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thuringian territories of the Ludovingians
Landgraviate of Hesse → predecessorState → Duchy of Thuringia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Landgraviate of Thuringia
Central Germany → historicallyAssociatedWith → Duchy of Thuringia ⓘ
Saxe-Gotha → historicalRegion → Duchy of Thuringia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thuringian states
Johann Michael Bach → countryOfCitizenship → Duchy of Thuringia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Electorate of Thuringia