The dukes and margraves of
Friuli
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were the rulers of the
Duchy
A duchy, also called a dukedom, is a Middle Ages, medieval country, territory, fiefdom, fief, or domain ruled by a duke or duchess, a ruler hierarchically second to the king or Queen regnant, queen in Western European tradition.
There once exis ...
and
March of Friuli
The March of Friuli was a Carolingian frontier march, established in 776 as the continuation of the Lombard Duchy of Friuli, established against the Slavs and Avars. It was ceded to the Duchy of Bavaria as the March of Verona in 952. Its territ ...
in the Middle Ages.
The dates given below, when contentious, are discussed in the articles of the respective dukes.
Lombard dukes
* 568–c.584
Grasulf I
* 568/c.584–590
Gisulf I, son of Grasulf I
* 590–610
Gisulf II, son of Gisulf I
* 610–617
Tasso
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, son of Gisulf II
* 610–617
Kakko, brother of Tasso
* 617–651
Grasulf II, brother of Gisulf II
* 651–663
Ago
* 663–666
Lupus
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* 666
Arnefrid, son of Lupus
* 666–678
Wechtar
* 678–???
Landar
* ???–694
Rodoald
Rodoald (or ''Rodwald''), ( 630 – 653) was a Lombard king of Italy, who succeeded his father Rothari on the throne in 652. He was said to be lecherous and he was assassinated after a reign of just six months in 653 by the husband of one of his ...
* 694
Ansfrid
* 694–705
Ado
* 705
Ferdulf
* 705–706
Corvulus
* 706–739
Pemmo
* 739–744
Ratchis, also king of the
Lombards
The Lombards () or Langobards ( la, Langobardi) were a Germanic people who ruled most of the Italian Peninsula from 568 to 774.
The medieval Lombard historian Paul the Deacon wrote in the ''History of the Lombards'' (written between 787 and ...
* 744–749
Aistulf
Aistulf (also Ahistulf, Aistulfus, Haistulfus, Astolf etc.; it, Astolfo; died December 756) was the Duke of Friuli from 744, King of the Lombards from 749, and Duke of Spoleto from 751. His reign was characterized by ruthless and ambitious ef ...
, also king of the
Lombards
The Lombards () or Langobards ( la, Langobardi) were a Germanic people who ruled most of the Italian Peninsula from 568 to 774.
The medieval Lombard historian Paul the Deacon wrote in the ''History of the Lombards'' (written between 787 and ...
* 749–751
Anselm (d.806)
* 751–774
Peter
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* 774–776
Hrodgaud
Carolingian appointees
Dukes
* 776–787
Marcarius
* 789–799
Eric
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* 799–808
Hunfrid
* 808–817
Aio
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Adapt, Improvise, Overcome
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* 817–819
Cadalaus
* 819–828
Balderic
Margraves
* 846–863
Eberhard Eberhard is an old Germanic name meaning the strength or courage of a wild boar.
People
First name
*Eberhard of Friuli (815–866), Duke and key figure in the Carolingian Empire
* Eberhard of Béthune (died 1212), Flemish grammarian
*Eberhard I, D ...
(also ''dux Foroiuli'')
* 863–874
Unroch (III)
* 874–890
Berengar Berengar is a masculine name derived from Germanic roots meaning "bear" and "spear". The name appears frequently among certain noble families during the Middle Ages, especially the Unruochings and those related. Bérenger is the French form, while B ...
, also
Holy Roman Emperor
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* 891–896
Walfred
* 896–924
Berengar Berengar is a masculine name derived from Germanic roots meaning "bear" and "spear". The name appears frequently among certain noble families during the Middle Ages, especially the Unruochings and those related. Bérenger is the French form, while B ...
, also
Holy Roman Emperor
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* 924–966
Berengar II
Duke of First French Empire
*14 November 1808–23 May 1813
Géraud Duroc
Géraud Christophe Michel Duroc (born de Michel du Roc; 25 October 1772 – 23 May 1813), 1st Duke of Frioul (''Duc de Frioul''), was a French general and diplomat who fought in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was noted ...
*28 October 1813–24 September 1829
Hortense Duroc
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Further reading
* Gianluigi Barni La conquête de l'Italie par les Lombards, "Le Mémorial des Siècles", Albin Michel, Paris 1975 ().
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