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Istria

The Istrian peninsula lies in modern northwest Croatia and western Slovenia. Istria was a province of Carinthia until it established a margraviate of its own in 1062.

1062 - 1070

Ulrich I Weimar-Orlamunde

First margrave.

1070 - 1077

The title is vacant, and control may pass back to Carinthia.

1077 - 1090

Henry I Eppenstein

Died 1127.

1090 - 1096

Engelbert I Spanheim-Ortenburg

1096 - 1100

Poppo Weimar

1100 - 1103

Ulrich II Weimar

1103 - 1134

Engelbert II Spanheim-Ortenburg

Died 1141.

1134 - 1171

Engelbert III Spanheim-Ortenburg

Died 1173.

1171 - 1188

Berthold I Andechs

1172 - 1204

Berthold II Andechs

Joint rule.

1204 - 1209

Henry II of Meran

Died 1228.

1209 - 1215

The title passes to Aquileia.

1215 - 1230

Otto of Meran

Died 1234.

1230 - 1251

Berthold III

Patriarch of Aquilea (1218-1251).

1251 - 1420

The title passes to Aquileia.

1420 - 1797

The margraviate is partitioned between Austria and Venice.

1797 - 1805

Austria acquires the entire territory.

1805 - 1814

Istria is merged with the French First Empire's Kingdom of Italy under Napoleon Bonaparte's control.

1814 - 1918

Austria takes Istria back. Following Austria's humiliating defeat by Prussia in 1866, Istria gains autonomy as a province within Austria.

1918 - 1943

Istria is part of the Kingdom of Italy.

1943 - 1945

The territory is controlled by Nazi Germany.

1945 - 1991

The peninsula is made part of Communist Yugoslavia.

1991

As Yugoslavia falls apart, Istria becomes part of the Republic of Croatia.