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Saxon Eastern March
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<p>The Saxon Eastern March was a <a href="/facts/March_(territory)/q1wkIT3z">march</a> of the <a href="/facts/Holy_Roman_Empire/6mdobnXN">Holy Roman Empire</a> from the 10th until the 12th century. The term "eastern march" stems from the <a href="/facts/Latin_language/pM3Kge85">Latin</a> term <i>marchia Orientalis</i> and originally could refer to either a march created on the eastern frontier of the <a href="/facts/East_Francia/TJ65W8Hc">East Frankish</a> duchy of <a href="/facts/Duchy_of_Saxony/w1G6nSvR">Saxony</a> or another on the eastern border of the <a href="/facts/Duchy_of_Bavaria/BvwbquML">Duchy of Bavaria</a>: the Bavarian <i><a href="/facts/March_of_Austria/Ia0YY62Y">marchia Orientalis</a></i> (documented as <i><a href="/facts/Name_of_Austria/Ea9nv0BA">Ostarrîchi</a></i> in 996), corresponding to later <a href="/facts/Duchy_of_Austria/7JtPYSYw">Austria</a>. </p>