The Duchy of Carniola was an imperial estate of the Holy Roman Empire, established under Habsburg rule on the territory of the former East Frankish March of Carniola in 1364. A hereditary land of the
The Duchy of Carniola in 1714
The Duchy of Carniola in 1791
Allegory of Carniola (right), from the work The Glory of the Duchy of Carniola
Carniola and Istria (pink) as part of Inner Austria, 1379–1457 and 1564–1619
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Duchy of Carniola
…was incorporated into the Cisleithanian territories of Austria-Hungary from 1867 until the state's dissolution in 1918. Its capital was Laibach, today Ljubljana. The borders of the historic Carniola region had varied over the centuries. From the time of the duchy's establishment, it was located in the southeastern…
Ljubljana Old Town, Slovenia