Duchy of Trento
The Duchy of Trento was one of many duchies in early medieval Italy that were created as a result of the Great Migration .
Trento was founded by the Celts and later conquered by the Romans (Tridentum). After the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 480, the city fell under different dominions until Henry II , Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire from 1014, decided in 1004 to transfer secular power to the bishops ( Hochstift Trento ). The seal placed by Konrad the Salier in 1027 opened a new chapter in the history of Trent, during which the city maintained itself for over eight centuries.
In 1407 there was a revolution in Trento. Nobles and citizens of the city rose up against the bishop Georg von Lichtenstein (1390-1419). At the same time there were peasant uprisings in other parts of Trentino, so that Duke Friedrich turned with the empty pocket against the bishop and drove him from Trento.
In 1803 the rule of the bishops in Trento ended with the invasion of the French in Tyrol. From 1806 to 1809 Trento was assigned to the Electorate of Bavaria by Napoleon. Due to the freedom movement around Andreas Hofer , the city became part of the Italian kingdom in 1810. After the end of Napoleonic influence, the Habsburg era began in Tyrol.
Dukes of the duchy
Web links
- Duchy of Trento in Lombard times PDF document by Jörg Jarnut