March of Styria
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The March of Styria was a southeastern frontier march of the Holy Roman Empire, encompassing various regions around the river Mur. Created sometime before 970, it was broken off the larger March of Ca
The March of Styria (Slovene: Štajerska), evolving from the Carantanian (transalpine) march (Slovene: Karantanska krajina)
Ottokar IV, Duke of Styria
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Ottokar IV, a member of the Otakar dynasty, was Margrave of Styria from 1164 and Duke from 1180, when Styria, previously a margraviate subordinated to the stem duchy of Bavaria, was raised to the stat
March of Styria
…der Sann territory (Lower Styria) and moved his residence to Graz; he already began to call himself princeps. In 1180, his son and successor Margrave Ottokar IV was finally elevated to the rank of Duke of Styria by Emperor Frederick Barbarossa. However, Ottokar IV was also the last Otakar duke. The line became…
Seal of Ottokar IV