Carinthia, Styria and Carniola

The region of central Austria and Slovenia became populated by Slavs at the end of the sixth century. They then created the principality of Karantania, which is known from the seventh century and is regarded by some as a predecessor to the modern republic of Slovenia. Karantania managed to maintain its independence from both the Avars to the east and the Bavarians to the west until the middle of the eight century when Avar pressure forced Karantania to seek Bavarian protection. Together with Bavaria became Karantania a part of the Frankish kingdom 788 and its last Slavic ruler was deposed 828 where after it was ruled by Frankish counts. The region was then known by its German name "Kärnten" and its was restored several times as a separate duchy during the ninth and tenth century. From 976 was it permanently a separate duchy. A large immigration of German settlers led to the assimilation of the original Slavic population in Carinthia, which 1335 became a part of the Habsburg dynasty's lands and thereafter was linked with Styria and Carniola during the repeated divisions of the Habsburg lands. From 1619 have Carinthia always been united with Austria and it is today an Austrian part state, although it is considerably smaller than the historic Karantania.

ca 630 c. 745-750 c. 750-752 c. 752-770 c. 770-788 c. 784-798 c. 788- ? ? ? - 819 c. 819-820 828-876	Valuk (Valug) Borut (Boruth) Gorazd (Kakaz, Cacatius) Hotimir (Khotimir, Cheitmar, Ceithumar) Valtunk (Waltunk, Waldung) Inko (Ingo) Pribislav Semika Stojmir (Stoimir) Etgar (Edgar) Ludevit (Liudewit, Ljudewit Posavski) Direct rule by the Frankish kingdom
Duchy of Carinthia (in personal union with the margraviate of Verona 976-1151)
876-893 893-927 927- (947) 938-976	Arnulf von Kärnten Part of Bavaria Berthold Part of Bavaria
976-978	Heinrich I der Jüngere (the Younger)
978-985	Otto von Worms
985-989	Heinrich I (restored)	( = 983-985)
989-995	Heinrich II der Zänker
995-1004	Otto (restored)
1004-1011	Konrad I der Ältere
1011-1035	Adalbero von Eppenstein	(also Styria)
1036-1039	Konrad II der Jüngere
1039-1047	Heinrich III
1047-1055 1055-1057 1057-1061	Welf I Interregnum Konrad III
1061-1077	Berthold von Zähringen
1073-1076 1077-1090 1090-1122	House of Eppenstein Markward Liutold Heinrich III
1122-1123 1123-1135 1135-1144 1144-1161 1161-1181 1181-1202 1202-1256	House of Spanheim Heinrich IV Engelbert Ulrich I Heinrich V Hermann Ulrich II Bernhard
Carinthia and Carniola
1256-1269	Ulrich III (margrave of Carniola from 1246)
1269-1276	House of Přemysl Ottokar
1276-1295 1295-1310 1310-1335	Meinhardinian Dynasty
	Meinhard (regent 1276-1286)
	Otto III
	Heinrich VI *
Styria, Carinthia and Carniola
1335-1339	House of Habsburg Otto der Fröhliche (the Happy)
1335-1358	Albrecht der Weise (the Wise)
1358-1365	Rudolf der Stifter (the Founder)
1365-1379	Albrecht III
1365-1386	Leopold III
1386-1406	Wilhelm
1386-1411	Leopold IV
1386-1411	Friedrich IV
1386-1424	Ernst der Eiserne (the Iron)
1424-1493	Friedrich V (III)
1493-1519	Maximilian
1519-1521	Karl I (V)
1519-1564	Ferdinand I
1564-1590	Karl II
1590- (1637)	Ferdinand II

Styria was a part of the old Carinthia, which became a separate margraviate during the tenth century as the "Carinthian Mark". The margraviate went 1056 to Ottokar I who styled himself as margrave of Steyr after the castle he had his residence in, this name then evolved to "Styria" (in German Steiermark). It was elevated to a duchy 1180 and joined Austria in a personal union 1192 when it was inherited by the Babenberg dynasty. Together with Carinthia and Carniola was it later inherited by collateral branches of the Habsburg dynasty (se above). But from 1619 have Styria always been united with Austria, although the southern part was ceded to Yugoslavia after the First World War and id today a part of Slovenia.

c. 970-1000 1000-1035	Markward Adalbero (also Carinthia 1011-1035)
House of Lambach-Wels
1035-1056 1040-1050	Arnold Gottfried
Ottokar Dynasty
1056-1075 1075-1082 1082-1122 1122-1129 1129-1164 1164-1192 1192-1379 1379-1457 1457-1564 1564-1619 1619-	Ottokar I von Steyr Adalbero Ottokar II Leopold der Starke (the Strong) Ottokar III Ottokar IV United with Austria Ruled by a collateral Habsburg branch United with Austria Ruled by a collateral Habsburg branch United with Austria

The margraviate of Carniola was separated from Carinthia in 1040 and it was later granted to the Patriarch of Aquileia in 1077, but remained under the rule of subordinate margraves until 1112. The patriarch then gave it as a fief to the duke of Austria in 1245, but his death shortly afterwards led to Carniola's reunification with Carinthia the following year. From 1335 was it a part of the Habsburg's hereditary lands and in 1364 was it elevated to a duchy. Carniola became a part of Yugoslavia after the First World War and was later the main part of the Yugoslav part republic of Slovenia, which became independent in 1991.