The Duke of Spoleto was the ruler of

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and most of

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during the Early and

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(c. 500 – 1300). The first dukes were appointed by the Lombard king, but they were independent in practice. The

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conquerors of the Lombards continued to appoint dukes, as did their successors the

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s. In the 12th century, the dukes of Spoleto were the most important imperial vassals in Italy. From 1198, the Duchy became under the sovereignty of the States of the Church. They usually bore the title '' dux et marchio'', "duke and margrave" as rulers of both

and Camerino.

List of dukes

Lombard supremacy

* Faroald I 570–592 * Ariulf 592–602 * Theodelap 602–650 * Atto 650–663 * Transamund I 663–703 * Faroald II 703–724 * Transamund II 724–739, first time * Hilderic 739–740 * Transamund II 740–742, second time * Agiprand 742–744 * Transamund II 744–745, third time *

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745–752 * Unnolf 752 *

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 ...

752–756 *

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 ...

756–757 *

Alboin Alboin (530s – 28 June 572) was List of kings of the Lombards, king of the Lombards from about 560 until 572. During his reign the Lombards ended their migration period, migrations by settling in Kingdom of the Lombards, Italy, the northern ...

757–759 *

Desiderius Desiderius, also known as Daufer or Dauferius (born – died ), was king of the Lombards in northern Italy, ruling from 756 to 774. The Frankish king of renown, Charlemagne, married Desiderius's daughter and subsequently conquered his realm. De ...

758–759 * Gisulf 758–763 * Theodicius 763–773 * Hildeprand 774–788

Frankish supremacy

(ND - Non-dynastic; S - Supponids; W - Widonids) * ND Winiges 789–822 * S Suppo I 822–824 * ND Adelard 824 * S Mauring 824 * S Adelchis I 824–834 * W Lambert of Nantes 834–836 * ND Berengar 836–841 * W Guy I 842–859 * W Lambert I 859–871 * S Suppo II 871–876 * W Lambert I 876–880 * W Guy II 880–883 * W Guy III 883–894 * W Lambert II 894–898 * W Guy IV 895–898

Feudal duchy

* Alberic I 898–922 * Boniface I 923–928 *

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924–928 * Theobald I 928–936 * Anscar 936–940 * Sarlione 940–943 * Hubert 943–946 * Boniface II 946–953 * Theobald II 953–959 * Transamund III 959–967 (period uncertain) * Pandulf I 967–981 * Landulf 981–982 * Transamund III 982–989 (possibly Transamund IV) * Hugh I the Great 989–996 (also Margrave of Tuscany) * Conrad 996–998 * Adhemar 998–999 * Romanus 1003–1010 * Rainier 1010–1020 * Hugh II 1020–1035 * Hugh III 1036–1043

Tuscan supremacy

* Boniface III 1043–1052 (also Margrave of Tuscany) * Frederick 1052–1055 (also Margrave of Tuscany) ** Beatrice of Bar, 1052–1055 (regent as mother of Frederick and Mathilda) ** Godfrey the Bearded, Duke of Lower Lorraine, 1053–1055 (regent as husband of Beatrice and step-father to Frederick and Matilda) :''to the papacy'' 1056–1057 * Matilda, 1057–1082 (also Margravine of Tuscany) ** Godfrey the Bearded, Duke of Lower Lorraine 1057–1069 (also regent of Tuscany) ** Godfrey the Hunchback, Duke of Lower Lorraine, 1069–1076 (also regent of Tuscany) * Rainier II 1082–1086 * Matilda, 1086–1093 (also Margravine of Tuscany) * Werner II 1093–1119 * Engelbert III of Sponheim, 1135–1137 (also Margrave of Tuscany) * Henry the Proud, Duke of Bavaria, 1137–1139 (also Margrave of Tuscany) * Ulrich of Attems, 1139–1152 (imperial vicar of Tuscany and Spoleto) *

Welf VI Welf VI (111515 December 1191) was the margrave of Tuscany (1152–1162) and duke of Spoleto (1152–1162), the third son of Henry IX, Duke of Bavaria, and a member of the illustrious family of the Welf (also known as the House of Guelph). ...

, 1152–1160 (also Margrave of Tuscany) *

Welf VII Welf VII (c. 1135 – 11 or 12 September 1167) was the only son of Welf VI, Duke of Spoleto and Margrave of Tuscany, and Uta, daughter of Godfrey of Calw, count palatine of the Rhine. He was a member of the House of Welf. His father inher ...

, 1160–1167 (also Margrave of Tuscany) *

, 1167–1173 (also Margrave of Tuscany) * Ridelulf 1173–1183 * Conrad I 1183–1190, first time * Pandulf II 1190–1195 * Conrad I 1195–1198, second time

Papal supremacy

* Conrad II 1198–1205 * Henry 1205 * Diepold 1209–1225 * Rainald 1223–1230 * Conrad III 1227–1267 * Berthold 1251–1276 * Rainald 1251–1276 * Blasco Fernández assassinated 1367 * Guidantonio I da Montefeltro 1419–1443 * Pedro Luis de Borja 1456–1458 * Franceschetto Cybo c. 1503–1519

Member of Italian royal family

* Prince Aimone Roberto Margherita Maria Giuseppe di Torino of Savoy (1904–1948)

References

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