Duchy of Styria

Duchy of Styria
*Herzogtum Steiermark* (German)
*Vojvodina Štajerska* (Slovene)
*Ducatus Styriae* (Latin)
Duchy of Styria Herzogtum Steiermark (German); Vojvodina Štajerska (Slovene); Ducatus Styriae (Latin)
1180–1918
	Flag adopted in the 19th century Coat of arms
	Map of Austria-Hungary in 1910, showing Styria in red
Status	State of the Holy Roman Empire and the Austrian Empire; Kronland of Cisleithanian Austria
Capital	Graz
Government	Duchy
Historical era	Middle Ages
• Styrian March partitioned; from Carinthian March	; 970
• Raised to duchy by ; Frederick Barbarossa	1180
• To Babenberg Austria*	1192
• To Árpád Hungary*	1254
• To Přemyslid Bohemia†	1260
• To Habsburg Austria†	1276/78
• Austria-Hungary dissolved	31 October 1918
• Collapse of German Austria	10 September 1919
Preceded by	Succeeded by
	March of Styria
State of Styria
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Today part of	Austria; Slovenia
	* Transferred by inheritance on the extinction of the ducal line.; † Transferred by conquest.

The Duchy of Styria (German: Herzogtum Steiermark; Slovene: Vojvodina Štajerska; Hungarian: Stájer Hercegség) was a duchy located in modern-day southern Austria and northern Slovenia. It was a part of the Holy Roman Empire until its dissolution in 1806 and a Cisleithanian crown land of Austria-Hungary until its dissolution in 1918.

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