Duchy of Merania

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The Duchy of Merania was a medieval feudal principality in the Holy Roman Empire located along the Adriatic coast in what is now parts of Croatia and Slovenia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf feudal principality
medieval duchy
associatedWith Andechs-Merania line NERFINISHED
Austrian nobility
Bavarian nobility
borderedBy Adriatic Sea NERFINISHED
createdAs imperial fief
feudalSystem vassalage to Holy Roman Emperor
firstKnownDuke Conrad I of Dachau NERFINISHED
governedAs hereditary duchy
governmentType feudal monarchy
hasAlternativeName Meran NERFINISHED
Merania NERFINISHED
Merania (duchy) NERFINISHED
Meranien NERFINISHED
hasCapital Zadar NERFINISHED
hasCoastlineOn Adriatic Sea NERFINISHED
hasHistoricalLanguage Latin
Middle High German NERFINISHED
Old Croatian
hasRulingClass ducal nobility
hasTitle Duke of Merania NERFINISHED
hasType secular principality
historicalRegion Dalmatia NERFINISHED
Istria NERFINISHED
historicalSignificance Adriatic principality of the Holy Roman Empire
historicalTerritoryOf Croatia NERFINISHED
Germany NERFINISHED
Slovenia NERFINISHED
languageOfName German
Italian
Latin
locatedIn Adriatic coast
locatedInPresentDay Croatia NERFINISHED
Slovenia NERFINISHED
nobleRank duchy
partOf Holy Roman Empire
medieval European states
medieval German stem duchy sphere
politicalStatus imperial state
precededBy imperial control of Dalmatian coastal lands
religion Roman Catholicism
ruledByDynasty House of Andechs NERFINISHED
House of Wittelsbach NERFINISHED
sovereign Holy Roman Emperor NERFINISHED
succeededBy territorial fragmentation among regional powers
timePeriod High Middle Ages
titleHeldBy Dukes of Merania NERFINISHED

Referenced by (3)

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Agnes of Merania countryOfCitizenship Duchy of Merania
Counts of Andechs-Meranien heldTerritory Duchy of Merania
Gertrude of Merania countryOfCitizenship Duchy of Merania