Carinthia (duchy): Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

Carinthia (German Kärnten) was a duchy of the Holy Roman Empire until its dissolution in 1806, and a crownland of Austria-Hungary until it dissolved in 1918.

In the 7th century it was part of the Principality of Koroshka, and was part of the empire of Charlemagne from 788 to 843, when it became part of East Francia. From 889 to 927 it was part of Bavaria before passing to the Holy Roman Empire. It was part of the Habsburg Monarchy until the 20th century.

Following the end of the First World War and the disappearance of Austria-Hungary, the Carinthian Plebiscite was held on October 10, 1920 to determine the fate of Carinthia. The province was subsequently divided into a larger part that became part of Austria, while a smaller part became part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, today in Slovenia.

Carinthia (Kärnten) is now a federal state of Austria, while Carinthia (Koroška) is a province in Slovenia.

The Canal Valley in Italy around Tarvisio also belonged to this duchy.

Dukes of Carinthia

• Berthold (927-947)
• to Bavaria (947976)
• Henry I (976-978)
• to Bavaria (978-995)
• Otto (995-1004)
• Conrad I (1004-1011)
• Adalberon (1011-1035)
• Conrad II (1035-1039)
• Welf (1039-1055)
• vacant (1055-1057)
• Conrad III (1057-1061)
• Berthold (1061-1073)
• Markward (1073-1076)
• Luitpold (1076-1090)
• Henry II (1090-1122)
• Henry III (1122-1124)
• Engelbert (1124-1134)
• Ulrich I (1134-1144)
• Henry IV (1141-1161)
• Herman (1161-1181)
• Ulrich II (1181-1201)
• Bernard (1201-1256)
• Ulrich III (1256-1269)
• Ottakar (1269-1276)
• Rudolf (1276-1286)
• Meinhard (1286-1295)
• Otto III (1295-1310)
• Henry V (1310-1335)
• Otto IV (1335-1339)
  • Albert II (1335-1358)
• Frederick (1358-1362)
  • Rudolph II (1358-1365)
• Albert III (1365-1395)
  • Leopold (1379-1386)
  • William (1386-1406)
• Ernest (1406-1424)
• Frederick (1424-1493) (directly to Austria and HRE from 1458)
• to Austria (1458-1521)
• Ferdinand I (1521-1564)
• Charles (1564-1590)
• Ferdinand II (1590-1637)
• to Austria from 1619

See also: Carinthia, Karantania, Karantanians