Editing History of Styria (section)

===Middle Ages===
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The [[March of Styria]] was created in the [[Duchy of Carinthia]] in the late 10th century as a defence against the [[Magyars]]. Long called the Carantanian or [[March of Carinthia|Carinthian March]] it was soon ruled by a margravial dynasty called the [[Otakars]] that originated from [[Steyr]] in Upper Austria thus giving the land its name: "Steiermark". This march was raised to become a [[duchy]] by the Emperor [[Frederick Barbarossa]] in 1180 after the fall of [[Henry the Lion|Henry the Lion of Bavaria]].

With the death of Ottokar the first line of rulers of Styria became extinct; the region fell successively to the [[Babenberg]] family, [[rulers of Austria]], as stipulated in the [[Georgenberg Pact]]; after their extinction to the control of Hungary (1254–60); to King [[Premysl Ottokar II|Ottokar of Bohemia]]; in 1276 to the [[Habsburgs]], who provided it with Habsburgs for Styrian dukes during the years 1379-1439 and 1564–1619.

At the time of the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] invasions in the 16th and 17th centuries the land suffered severely and was depopulated. The Turks made incursions into Styria nearly twenty times; churches, monasteries, cities, and villages were destroyed and plundered, while the population was either killed or carried away into slavery.