Europe · High and late Middle Ages
Duchy of Styria
drawn on the map 1260–1501
German Steiermark; a duchy from 1180 (raised from a march). It was united with Austria under the Babenbergs and then the Habsburgs, forming part of the Inner Austrian hereditary lands, with Graz as its principal city.
- Shown on the map
- 1260–1501
- Peak area
- 17k km²
- Region
- Europe
Overview
German Steiermark; a duchy from 1180 (raised from a march). It was united with Austria under the Babenbergs and then the Habsburgs, forming part of the Inner Austrian hereditary lands, with Graz as its principal city.
Common questions
- What was the Duchy of Styria?
- German Steiermark; a duchy from 1180 (raised from a march). It was united with Austria under the Babenbergs and then the Habsburgs, forming part of the Inner Austrian hereditary lands, with Graz as its principal city.
- When is the Duchy of Styria shown on the map?
- The border data draws the Duchy of Styria 1260–1501. The source samples borders at fixed dates, so a span can begin late or run on past the end.
- How large was the Duchy of Styria?
- At its greatest extent drawn on this map, the Duchy of Styria covered about 17,000 km². That is the largest area the border data gives it across the years it is drawn, not necessarily its greatest extent in history.
Sources
This compendium cites its sources once for the whole document rather than per territory. Its bibliography names the English Wikipedia articles for each territory as the primary basis, with Encyclopædia Britannica, the World History Encyclopedia, German History in Documents and Images, national institutions such as the Swiss Federal Council and the National Museum of Denmark, and the scholarship of Peter H. Wilson and Joachim Whaley on the Holy Roman Empire. The article this entry is anchored on:
- Wikipedia — Duchy of Styria en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchy_of_Styria
This entry was last updated .
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Border geometry for the map itself comes from Cliopatria v0.12 (Seshat Global History Databank, CC-BY-4.0).
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