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.

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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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