Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Boniface II (or I) (died circa 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 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.Since 770, the counts of Lucca had been charged with the coastal defence of Tuscany and Corsica.. }
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- Boniface_II,_Margrave_of_Tuscany comment "Boniface II (or I) (died circa 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 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.Since 770, the counts of Lucca had been charged with the coastal defence of Tuscany and Corsica.".