The dukes and margraves of Friuli were the rulers of the

Duchy A duchy, also called a dukedom, is a country, territory, fiefdom, fief, or domain ruled by a duke or duchess, a ruler hierarchically second to the king or Queen regnant, queen in Western European tradition. There once existed an important differe ...

and

March of Friuli The March of Friuli was a Carolingian frontier march, centered in the historical region of Friuli (corresponding mainly to the modern province of Friuli-Venezia Giulia in north-eastern Italy). Since the Frankish conquest and pacification of the ...

in the

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. The dates given below, when contentious, are discussed in the articles of the respective dukes.

Lombard dukes

* 568–c.584 Gisulf I, nephew of King

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Hodgkin, Thomas. ''Italy and her Invaders'', volume 7, 1916, Clarendon Press, p. 42
/ref> * 568/c.584–590 Grasulf I brother of GisulfGoubert, Paul. ''Byzance avant l'Islam II 1: Byzance et les Francs'' (Paris 1956) p. 197 * 590–610 Gisulf II, son of Grasulf I * 610–617

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, son of Gisulf II * 610–617 Kakko, brother of Tasso * 617–651 Grasulf II, brother of Gisulf II * 651–663 Ago * 663–666

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* 666 Arnefrid, son of Lupus * 666–678 Wechtar * 678–??? Landar * ???–694

Rodoald Rodoald (or ''Rodwald''), ( 630 – 653) was a Lombard king of Italy, who succeeded his father Rothari on the throne in 652. He was said to be lecherous and he was assassinated after a reign of just six months in 653 by the husband of one of his ...

* 694 Ansfrid * 694–705 Ado * 705 Ferdulf * 705–706 Corvulus * 706–739 Pemmo * 739–744

Ratchis RatchisAlso spelled ''Rachis'', ''Raditschs'', ''Radics'', ''Radiks''. (died after 757) was the Duke of Friuli (739–744) and then King of the Lombards (744–749). Ratchis was the son of Duke Pemmo of Friuli and the nephew of the Lombard kin ...

, also

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* 744–749

Aistulf Aistulf (also Ahistulf, Haistulfus, Astolf etc.; , ; died December 756) was the Duke of Friuli from 744, King of the Lombards from 749, and Duke of Spoleto from 751. His reign was characterized by ruthless and ambitious efforts to conquer Roman ...

, also king of the Lombards * 749–751 Anselm (d.806) * 751–774

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* 774–776 Hrodgaud

Carolingian appointees

Dukes

* 776–787 Marcarius * 789–799

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* 799–808 Hunfrid * 808–817 Aio * 817–819 Cadalaus * 819–828 Balderic

Margraves

* 846–863

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(also ''dux Foroiuli'') * 863–874 Unroch III * 874–890

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, also

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* 891–896 Walfred * 896–924 Berengar, also Holy Roman Emperor * 924–966

Berengar II Berengar II ( 900 – 4 August 966) was the king of Italy from 950 until his deposition in 961. He was a scion of the Anscarid and Unruoching dynasties, and was named after his maternal grandfather, Berengar I. He succeeded his father as ma ...

Duke of First French Empire

* 14 November 1808–23 May 1813

Géraud Duroc Géraud Christophe Michel Duroc (; born du Roc; 25 October 1772 – 23 May 1813), Duke of Frioul, was a French people, French general and diplomat who fought in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was noted for his friendshi ...

* 28 October 1813–24 September 1829 Hortense Duroc

Lombard dukes

Carolingian appointees

Dukes

Margraves

Duke of First French Empire

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