Margraviate of Austria
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The Margraviate of Austria was a medieval frontier march, centered along the river Danube, between the river Enns and the Vienna Woods, within the territory of the modern Austrian provinces of Upper A
The first mention of the word Ostarrîchi (996), the word is marked with a red circle.
House of Babenberg
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The House of Babenberg was a noble dynasty of Austrian Dukes and Margraves. Descending from the Popponids and originally from Bamberg in the Duchy of Franconia, the Babenbergs ruled the imperial Margr
Margraviate of Austria
…who is mentioned in sources since 970 several times as Margrave of Marcha orientalis. Since 976, it was governed by margraves from the Franconian noble House of Babenberg. The margraviate protected the eastern borders of the Holy Roman Empire, towards neighbouring Hungary. It became an Imperial State in its own right…
The Babenberg family tree triptych at Klosterneuburg Monastery (c. 1490, based on the genealogy by Ladislaus Sunthaym)