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    The Marca Geronis or March of Gero was a vast super-march in the middle of the tenth century. It was probably created for Thietmar in the 920s and passed...
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  • alternative name for the Marca Anconetana Marca Arduinica, or march of Turin, founded in 941 and named after Arduin Glaber Marca Geronis, a tenth-century march...
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    a frontier march of the Holy Roman Empire, created out of the vast Marca Geronis (Saxon Eastern March) in 965. Under the rule of the Wettin dynasty,...
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    Merseburg march was created by Emperor Otto I in the division of the vast Marca Geronis east of the Elbe and Saale rivers, following the death of Margrave Gero...
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    Saxony-Anhalt, which he expanded into a vast territory named after him: the marca Geronis. During the mid-10th century, he was the leader of the Saxon Ostsiedlung...
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    Polabian Slavs. It arose in 965 in the course of the partition of the vast Marca Geronis. Ruled by several Saxon margravial dynasties, among them the House of...
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    created out of the division of the vast Marca Geronis in 965. It initially comprised the northern third of the Marca (roughly corresponding to the modern...
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  • coast, stretching approximately from Stettin (Szczecin) to Schleswig; Marca Geronis (march of Gero), a precursor of the Saxon Eastern March, later divided...
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  • Great Slav Rising in 983, he temporarily reunited all of the southern marca Geronis under his command. His march included the territory of the Chutizi and...
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    the Billung March to the north and the Marca Geronis to the south. After Gero's death in 965, the Marca Geronis was divided into the Northern March, the...
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    established by King Otto I of Germany in 948, in the territory of the Marca Geronis (Saxon Eastern March) east of the Elbe river. The diocese, over which...
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    colonisation." This can be contrasted with the military occupation of the Marca Geronis, the great march of Gero to the south of the Billungs. The Billung March...
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    border with the lands of the Polabian Slavs incorporated into the Saxon Marca Geronis. The town itself was first mentioned in a 1275 deed, governed by a succession...
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    modern Prenzlau). In 954, Margrave Gero of the Saxon Eastern March (the marca Geronis), aided by Holy Roman Emperor Otto I's son-in-law, Conrad of Lorraine...
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    the Baltic Sea, stretching approximately from Groswin to Schleswig Marca Geronis (march of Gero), a precursor of the Saxon Eastern March, later divided...
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    Roman Empire. It was created by Emperor Otto I in the division of the marca Geronis in 965, following the death of Gero the Great. Its capital was Zeitz...
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    by the Saxon forces of Margrave Gero and incorporated into his vast Marca Geronis, while the lands east of the Oder were held by Pomeranian tribes under...
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    the Fowler in his 928/29 Slavic campaign and incorporated into the Marca Geronis. Henry's successor Otto I in 948 established the Bishopric of Brandenburg...
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    Slavic tribes up to the Oder river and his son Otto I established the marca Geronis on their territory, with the government first conferred to the Saxon...
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  • recurrent tribute to Emperor Otto. Upon Gero's death in 965, his vast Marca Geronis was divided into several smaller marches, while the power in the area...
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    was incorporated into the Gau Ciervisti of the Saxon Eastern March (Marca Geronis) about 937 in the course of the German Ostsiedlung. It is not clear...
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    had married Hidda (d. 970), a sister of Gero, margrave of the vast marca Geronis in the lands settled by Polabian Slavs. From 945 he also ruled over...
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    Sorb Slavs in northern Germany overrun and conquer the March of Zeitz (Marca Geronis) from Saxon control. December 7 – Otto II dies from a fever in his palace...
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    the Germans. In the 10th century the march formed part of the vast marca Geronis from 937 until 965. During this period, the Sorbs were reduced to serfdom...
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  • Schauenburg); also ruled a large part of Denmark 1292 – 1340 Gero Ruler of Marca Geronis, a very large march in Europe 900 – 965 Godfrey I of Louvain Count of...
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    tribute to Emperor Otto I (the Great). He expands his territory, the Marca Geronis (March of Gero), to the mouth of the Oder River. Sviatoslav I, Grand...
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    thereafter established the Saxon Marca Geronis stretching up to the Oder in the east. Upon Gero's death in 965, his marca was split and the Northern March...
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    missionary dioceses of Brandenburg and Havelberg in the territory of the Marca Geronis (Saxon Eastern March). The Nallur Kandaswamy temple, one of the most...
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    the Saale and Bóbr rivers, which about 965 was severed from the vast Marca Geronis, conquered by the Saxon count Gero in the course of his campaigns against...
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  • Great created the Billung March, governed by Hermann Billung, and the Marca Geronis. 937 11 July Rudolph II of Burgundy, the king of Burgundy, died. Rudolph...
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