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Duchy

territory, fief, or domain ruled by a duke or duchess

6 dated entries naming Duchy, drawn from 6 separate years between 290 CE and 740 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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3rd century

  • 290May 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.source

6th century

  • 584The 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.source
  • 600Rome continues as part of the Byzantine Empire. The Italian mainland is divided into independent cities and duchies.source

7th century

  • 689Battle 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.source

8th century

  • 730Charles 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.source
  • 740December – King Liutprand of the Lombards attempts to counter the growing independence of the Lombard duchies in southern Italy.source

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