March of Merseburg
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| March of Merseburg | ||||||||||
| Mark Merseburg | ||||||||||
| State of the Holy Roman Empire | ||||||||||
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 The Ottonian Empire, with the March of Merseburg (hatched), in the tenth century
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| Capital | Merseburg | |||||||||
| Government | Feudal monarchy | |||||||||
| Margrave of Merseburg | ||||||||||
| • | 965-982 | Gunther | ||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | |||||||||
| • | Partitioned from Marca Geronis | 965 | ||||||||
| • | Conquered by Rikdag | 982 | ||||||||
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The March of Merseburg (German: Mark Merseburg) was a march of the Holy Roman Empire. It was created by Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor in the division of the Marca Geronis in 965, following the death of Gero. Its capital was Merseburg. Its first and only margrave was Gunther, Margrave of Merseburg. In 982, Merseburg was reunited with the marches of Meissen and Zeitz under Rikdag, who thus temporarily reunited all of the southern Marca Geronis save the Saxon Eastern March.
The March of Merseburg may refer to the earlier Marca Geronis, which also had its capital at Merseburg.
