Duchy of Carniola

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Duchy of Carniola Vojvodina Kranjska (Slovene) Herzogtum Krain (German) Ducatus Carnioliae (Latin)
1364–1918
Flag Coat of arms
The Duchy of Carniola in 1714
The Duchy of Carniola in 1791
Capital	Laibach (Ljubljana)
Common languages	Slovene
Religion	Roman Catholic
Government	Principality
Historical era	Middle Ages
• March of Carniola bequeathed to House of Habsburg	1335
• Raised to Duchy	1364
• Part of Inner Austria	1379
• Joined Austrian Circle	1512
• Ceded to Illyrian Provinces	1809
• Restored to Austria	1815
• Part of the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs	29 October 1918
Currency	Florin
Preceded by Succeeded by March of Carniola State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs Kingdom of Italy
Today part of	Slovenia

The Duchy of Carniola (Slovene: Vojvodina Kranjska, German: Herzogtum Krain, Hungarian: Krajna) was an imperial estate of the Holy Roman Empire, established under Habsburg rule on the territory of the former East Frankish March of Carniola in 1364. A hereditary land of the Habsburg monarchy, it became a constituent land of the Austrian Empire in 1804 and part of the Kingdom of Illyria until 1849. A separate crown land from 1849, it was incorporated into the Cisleithanian territories of Austria-Hungary from 1867 until the state's dissolution in 1918. Its capital was German: Laibach, today Ljubljana.