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Boniface II, Margrave of Tuscany

788 - 838

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Boniface II (died c. 838) was the count and duke of Lucca (from 5 October 823) and first margrave of Tuscany from about 828. He succeeded his father Boniface I, Margrave of Tuscany in Lucca—in what was an early example of hereditary succession—and extended his power over the region. During his tenure, the bishops of Lucca gradually lost control of the municipal government, which fell to the counts. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Boniface II, Margrave of Tuscany is the 1,144th most popular nobleman (down from 1,020th in 2019). (down from 2,896th in 2019)

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Among noblemen, Boniface II, Margrave of Tuscany ranks 1,144 out of 1,415Before him are Rupert, Count Palatine of Veldenz, Elisabeth Dorothea of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Geoffrey, Count of Nantes, Princess Dorothea of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Irene Palaiologina, and Ismail III. After him are Princess Louise Sophie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Gytha Thorkelsdóttir, Alexander, son of Herod, Sophie, Countess of Bar, Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line, and Gothelo II of Lower Lorraine.

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Among people born in 788, Boniface II, Margrave of Tuscany ranks 6Before him are Adi Shankara, Abd al-Rahman II, Methodios I of Constantinople, Abu Tammam, and Ziyadat Allah I of Ifriqiya.  Among people deceased in 838, Boniface II, Margrave of Tuscany ranks 6Before him are Babak Khorramdin, Pepin I of Aquitaine, Frederick of Utrecht, Ralpacan, and Ziyadat Allah I of Ifriqiya.

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