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Berthold (died 12 August 1204) was the Count of Andechs (as Berthold IV from 1172) and first Duke of Merania (from 1183) that is the seacoast of Dalmatia and Istria. In 1188 he was appointed as margrave of Istria and from 1180 to 1182 he was duke of Croatia and Dalmatia.In 1175 he was raised to the margraviate of Istria and then years later (1185) made the duke of the region called Merania after the Adriatic Sea (mare is Latin for sea).
