- Baldric of Friuli
Baldric or Balderic ("Bald [e] ricus") was the
Duke of Friuli ("dux Foroiuliensis") from819 , when he replaced Cadolah according toThegan of Trier in his "Vita Hludowici imperatoris", until 828, when he was removed from office: the last Duke of Friuli.Baldric was an imperial
legate in 815, when he crossed intoZealand with an army ofSaxons andAbotrites to restore the deposedKing of Denmark ,Harold Klak .As ruler of Friuli, Baldric continued Cadolah's war against
Ljudevit Posavski (Liudovitus), thePannonia n Croat leader. He was successful in expelling Ljudevit from imperial territory. He and Count Gerold also made war on theAvars at the order ofBertric , the count of the palace, in 826.With George,
presbyter ofVenice , he conducted anhydraulic organ toAachen in 826.In 828, Baldric was removed from Friuli for his failure to have mounted an effective defense against the Bulgars during their invasion of 827, and the dukedom was divided into four counties. Eventually the counties would be united under a "marchio" (
margrave ), but the duchy would never be restored.ources
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Thegan of Trier . " [http://www.intratext.com/X/LAT0459.HTM Vita Hludowici Imperatoris] ".
*Einhard . " [http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/einhard.html Life of Charlemagne] ".
* [http://www.medievalsources.co.uk/fulda.htm "Annales Fuldenses" translated by Timothy Reuter, with commentary (subscription needed).]
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