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March of Carniola
The
March
(or
Margraviate
)
of Carniola
(; ) was a southeastern
state
of the
Holy Roman Empire
in the
High Middle Ages
, the predecessor of the
Duchy of Carniola
. It corresponded roughly to the central
Carniolan
region of present-day
Slovenia
. At the time of its creation, the
march
served as a frontier defense against the Kingdoms of
Hungary
and
Croatia
.
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