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220: 25: 277: 130: 206:, actually consists of two stone seats, whose backrests are attached to each other. The larger seat, facing to the east, was reserved for the Dukes, the other one, slightly older and facing to the west, for the 309: 363: 358: 97: 265:. It was the last part of a series of rituals which consisted of the ducal installation on the Prince's Stone (performed in 69: 225: 76: 289: 116: 54: 46: 83: 50: 250: 65: 353: 348: 212: 35: 285: 39: 242: 90: 262: 8: 238: 301: 280:
1860 Drawing of the "Duke's Chair" with the Cathedral of Maria Saal in the background
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in a Ceremony that may date back to the Early Medieval principality of
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The last installation took place in 1651, though the Duke,
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in 1161. Here the newly installed duke had to swear an
340: 226:Österreichische Chronik von den 95 Herrschaften 273:, which was held at the church of Maria Saal. 165: 249:on the occasion of the installation of Duke 53:. Unsourced material may be challenged and 117:Learn how and when to remove this message 275: 218: 128: 341: 51:adding citations to reliable sources 18: 245:. The chair was first mentioned as 13: 14: 375: 198:The Duke's Chair, made mainly of 23: 261:and received the homage of the 223:Depiction by Leopold von Wien, 1: 364:Political history of Slovenia 359:Medieval history of Slovenia 7: 295: 10: 380: 193: 247:sedes Karinthani ducatus 202:gravestones from nearby 133:The Western seat of the 281: 230: 166: 161: 153: 137: 16:Stone chair in Austria 325:46.69083°N 14.34639°E 288:, the son of Emperor 286:Ferdinand of Habsburg 279: 251:Herman II of Spanheim 222: 132: 144:, also known as the 47:improve this article 321: /  354:Individual thrones 349:Duchy of Carinthia 330:46.69083; 14.34639 282: 239:Dukes of Carinthia 233:Together with the 231: 138: 162:vojvodski prestol 127: 126: 119: 101: 371: 336: 335: 333: 332: 331: 326: 322: 319: 318: 317: 314: 169: 122: 115: 111: 108: 102: 100: 59: 27: 19: 379: 378: 374: 373: 372: 370: 369: 368: 339: 338: 329: 327: 323: 320: 315: 312: 310: 308: 307: 298: 208:Counts palatine 196: 123: 112: 106: 103: 60: 58: 44: 28: 17: 12: 11: 5: 377: 367: 366: 361: 356: 351: 305: 304: 302:Prince's Stone 297: 294: 235:Prince's Stone 229:, 14th century 195: 192: 172:Zollfeld plain 167:vojvodski stol 125: 124: 66:"Duke's Chair" 31: 29: 22: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 376: 365: 362: 360: 357: 355: 352: 350: 347: 346: 344: 337: 334: 303: 300: 299: 293: 291: 290:Ferdinand III 287: 278: 274: 272: 268: 264: 260: 256: 252: 248: 244: 240: 236: 228: 227: 221: 217: 215: 214: 209: 205: 201: 191: 189: 185: 181: 177: 173: 168: 163: 159: 155: 151: 147: 143: 136: 131: 121: 118: 110: 99: 96: 92: 89: 85: 82: 78: 75: 71: 68: –  67: 63: 62:Find sources: 56: 52: 48: 42: 41: 37: 32:This article 30: 26: 21: 20: 306: 283: 246: 232: 224: 213:Meinhardiner 211: 197: 145: 142:Duke's Chair 141: 139: 135:Duke's Chair 134: 113: 107:January 2011 104: 94: 87: 80: 73: 61: 45:Please help 33: 328: / 269:) and of a 178:, north of 154:Herzogstuhl 146:Duke's Seat 343:Categories 316:14°20′47″E 313:46°41′27″N 243:Carantania 180:Klagenfurt 176:Maria Saal 77:newspapers 216:dynasty. 188:Carinthia 186:state of 34:does not 296:See also 184:Austrian 267:Slovene 263:estates 210:of the 204:Virunum 194:History 182:in the 158:Slovene 91:scholar 55:removed 40:sources 259:German 150:German 93:  86:  79:  72:  64:  200:Roman 174:near 98:JSTOR 84:books 271:mass 255:oath 140:The 70:news 38:any 36:cite 257:in 164:or 49:by 345:: 190:. 160:: 156:, 152:: 148:( 120:) 114:( 109:) 105:( 95:· 88:· 81:· 74:· 57:. 43:.

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