Dukes of Spoleto
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The Dukes of Spoleto were powerful Lombard and later Frankish-appointed rulers of a strategic duchy in central Italy during the early Middle Ages.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
medieval Italian nobility
ⓘ
noble title ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Duchy of Spoleto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesToTerritorialEntity |
Umbria
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
parts of Latium ⓘ parts of the Marche ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | Duchy of Spoleto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTime | 12th century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Franks
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lombards NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Papal temporal rule in central Italy ⓘ |
| follows | Byzantine rule in central Italy ⓘ |
| hasCapital | Spoleto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
frontier lords between Lombards and Byzantines
ⓘ
militarily powerful ⓘ often hereditary ⓘ semi-independent rulers ⓘ sometimes appointed by kings or emperors ⓘ strategically important ⓘ |
| hasRole |
buffer between Papal territories and imperial lands
ⓘ
control of routes between Rome and northern Italy ⓘ military defense of central Apennines ⓘ |
| languageUsed |
Latin
ⓘ
Vulgar Latin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | central Italy ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Alberic I of Spoleto
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ariulf NERFINISHED ⓘ Faroald I NERFINISHED ⓘ Guy I of Spoleto NERFINISHED ⓘ Guy II of Spoleto NERFINISHED ⓘ Hilduin of Spoleto NERFINISHED ⓘ Hugh, Duke of Spoleto NERFINISHED ⓘ Lambert of Spoleto NERFINISHED ⓘ Theophylact I of Tusculum NERFINISHED ⓘ Transamund II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Carolingian Empire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lombard Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| presentInPeriod |
Early Middle Ages
ⓘ
High Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Catholic Church
|
| significantEvent |
Frankish conquest of the Lombard Kingdom
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lombard conquest of central Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ conflicts with the Papacy ⓘ integration into the Carolingian Empire ⓘ involvement in Italian kingdom politics ⓘ |
| startTime |
6th century
ⓘ
circa 570 ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.