{"slug": "duchy", "label": "Duchy", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchy", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q154547", "qid": "Q154547", "description": "territory, fief, or domain ruled by a duke or duchess", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [290, 740], "span_label": ["290 CE", "740 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Health & Medicine", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "byzantine-empire", "label": "Byzantine Empire", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "italian-peninsula", "label": "Italian Peninsula", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "lombards", "label": "Lombards", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "rome", "label": "Rome", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ravenna", "label": "Ravenna", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "exarchate-of-ravenna", "label": "Exarchate of Ravenna", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "china", "label": "China", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "jin-dynasty-265-420", "label": "Jin Dynasty (265-420)", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "aristocracy-class", "label": "Aristocracy (class)", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "emperor-wu-of-jin", "label": "Emperor Wu of Jin", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "italy", "label": "Italy", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "december", "label": "December", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 290, "year_label": "290 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "May 16", "text": "May 16 – Emperor Wu of Jin, founder of the Western Jin Dynasty, dies after a 25-year reign. He reunified north and south, but gave away many dukedoms to his kinsmen. Crown Prince Sima Zhong succeeds his father, and has to deal with conflicts among the aristocratic families in China.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1326206255#Asia", "title": "290", "revid": 1326206255, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 584, "year_label": "584 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "The Exarchate of Ravenna is founded, and organised into a group of duchies, mainly coastal cities on the Italian Peninsula. The civil and military head of these Byzantine territories is the exarch (governor) in Ravenna.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364754048#Europe", "title": "584", "revid": 1364754048, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 600, "year_label": "600 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Rome continues as part of the Byzantine Empire. The Italian mainland is divided into independent cities and duchies.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364751689#Europe", "title": "600", "revid": 1364751689, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 689, "year_label": "689 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Battle of Coronate: The Lombards under King Cunipert defeat the army of Duke Alahis, at the River Adda (Lombardy). He executes the rebel leaders; Alahis is captured and his head and legs are cut off. The southern Lombard duchies take advantage of Cunipert's distraction, and extend their territories.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350231931#Europe", "title": "689", "revid": 1350231931, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 730, "year_label": "730 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Charles Martel defeats the last independent dukedom of Alamannia, and incorporates it into the Frankish Empire. He also launches raids on the Saxons beyond the Rhine.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340808684#Europe", "title": "730", "revid": 1340808684, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 740, "year_label": "740 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": "December", "text": "December – King Liutprand of the Lombards attempts to counter the growing independence of the Lombard duchies in southern Italy.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352534655#Europe", "title": "740", "revid": 1352534655, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}]}