Hunfrid, Margrave of Istria
- Hunfrid, Margrave of Istria
Hunfrid (I) was the Margrave of Istria and, according to some sources, Duke of Friuli from 799 to circa 804, when a Duke John is found ruling Istria. He was the founder of the family called the Hunfridings.
Hunfrid appears in Istria as "marchio" in 799, the same year that Eric of Friuli died.
He was an Aleman [The historian of early medieval Raetia, Elizabeth Meyer-Marthaler, considered him of Frankish origin (Meyer-Marthaler, "Rätien im frühen Mittelalter" (Zurich: Leeman) 1948 ] and a count in (or of) Rhaetia, where he is found in 806 and 808. Based on his presence in a list of personages in the "libri memoriales" of Reichenau and Sankt Gallen, he is presumed to have married Hitta (Hidda), an Udalriching and probably the niece or granddaughter of Gerold of Vinzgouw and thus a cousin or niece of Hunfrid's predecessor in Italy, Eric. Based on the same memorial books, he is probably the father of Adalbert, his successor in Rhaetia, Odalric, who became Count of Barcelona in another part of the Empire, and Hunfrid II, who became "dux super Redicam" (duke over Rhaetia) and father of the later Hunfriding dukes of Swabia.
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* [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/NORTHERN%20ITALY%20900-1100.htm#_Toc145061916 Foundation for Medieval Genealogy: Nobility of Northern Italy (900–1100).]
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