Polity Merseburg Margraviate

This article is about the specific polity Merseburg Margraviate and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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Was a polity of the Holy Roman Empire located in modern-day eastern Germany. It was one of the several polities that originated from the division of the Marca Geronis.

Establishment

  • January 966: On Gero's death in 965 the Marca Geronis was divided into five (sometimes counted as six) different marches: the Nordmark, the Ostmark, Meissen, Zeitz, and Merseburg.

Chronology

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Disestablishment

  • January 983: The Margraviate of Meissen acquired the territories of Merseburg and Zeitz.