Individual Details
Oberto I, Margrave of Milan
(945 - 15 Oct 975)
According to Wikipedia:
Oberto I Obizzo (also known as Otbert) (died 15 October 975) was an Italian count palatine and margrave and the oldest known member of the Obertenghi family.[1]
Biography
Oberto I inherited the countship of Milan in 951 from his father Adalberto the Margrave.[2]
Soon after assuming the Italian throne, Berengar II reorganised his territories south of the Po River, dividing them into three new marches (frontier districts) named after their respective margraves: the marca Aleramica of Aleram of Montferrat, the marca Arduinica of Arduin Glaber, and the marca Obertenga of Oberto. This last division consisted of eastern Liguria and was also known as the marca Januensis or March of Genoa. It consisted of Tuscany with the cities of Genoa, Luni, Tortona, Parma, and Piacenza.[3]
In 960, he had to take refuge in Germany. The next year, Pope John XII asked Otto I of Germany to intervene in Italy to protect him from Berengar. When Otto took control of Italy, Oberto was able to return to his lands, with the title of count palatine confirmed by Otto.
He was succeeded as Count of Milan by his sons Adalberto II of Milan who at a later time was succeeded by Oberto II. His great-grandson Albert Azzo II, Margrave of Milan founded the House of Este.[4]
External links
History of Obertenga[permanent dead link] (in Italian)
References
Pompeo Litta, Famiglie celebri d'Italia. D'Este, Torino, 1835.
Giorgio fiori, i malaspina, tipleco, piacenza 1995.
Giorgio fiori, i malaspina, tipleco, piacenza 1995.
Luciano Chiappini, Gli Estensi, Varese, 1988.
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According to Wikipedia:
Oberto I ( 945 - 15 October 975 ) was Count Palatino and Luni, marquis of Milan and Liguria. It is considered the oldest member of the Obertenghi family, prince of the Holy Roman Empire .
He is the progenitor of the noble Italian families Cavalcabò , Este , Malaspina and Pallavicino . [1]
Biography
Former count for a placito in the royal palace of Pavia on 13 April 945 [2] , he obtained the titles of margrave and marquis of Milan and Genoa from 951 and of Conte Palatino (count of the sacred palace) from 953 , becoming the highest official , with responsibilities that extended to the entire territory of the kingdom [3] . Oberto's father was Adalberto il Margravio , viscount in 940 , "marquis of Italy" and regent of the Marca di Milano , of whom nothing else has been handed down beyond the name and title.
Shortly after assuming the title of King of Italy , Berengario of Ivrea reorganized its territories south of the Po , dividing them into three new brands (border districts) which took their name from their respective marquises:
the Marca Aleramica from Aleramo del Monferrato
the Marca Arduinica from Arduino il Glabro
the Marca Obertenga of Oberto I
The "Marca Obertenga" consisted of the territory of eastern Liguria and was also called the Januensis brand or precisely of eastern Liguria, having had Genoa as its first and ancient capital, and combined the territories of the Marca of Milan and the Marca of Genoa . It was formed by eastern Liguria and Lunigiana, on the entire Lombardy, Emilia, a part of Switzerland, Piedmont and Tuscany with the committees of the cities of Genoa, Milan, Luni , Tortona , with rights over Bobbio (monastic fiefdom) , Pavia (part of the territory except the imperial and royal relevance), Piacenza , Cremona , Parma and territories in the committees of Padua , including Monselice , Ferrara , Gavello (Rovigo) and in the Marca di Tuscia .
In 960 he went to Germany by King Otto I of Germany together with a delegation to encourage his descent to Italy to take possession of the kingdom. The following year, Pope John XII asked Ottone to intervene in Italy to protect him from Berengario . When Ottone took possession of Italy, Oberto managed to return to his lands, with the title of Count Palatine confirmed by the king, being richly rewarded with the concession of lands taken from the vast patrimony of the monastic fiefdom of the abbey of Bobbio [4] . From that date, therefore, around the rich patrimony of the powerful and envied Abbey of San Colombano di Bobbio a double redistribution process had been activated which for the first time saw the Ottons assert their rights on part of the lands of the monastery, already an imperial fiefdom , granting benefits to Oberto, who in turn granted benefits from time to time to his vassals [5] .
His sons Adalberto I and Oberto II succeeded him in the title. The nephew Alberto Azzo I was the father of Alberto Azzo II d'Este , who founded the Casa d'Este ; this fact makes Oberto the progenitor of the Este house as well as its branches, the House of Welfen and Hanover .
Lineage
Oberto married Guilla di Bonifazio, marquis of Spoleto and they had six children: [6]
Adalbert I (c.925-1002)
Oberto II (? -1014), his successor
Adalberto or Alberto di Parodi (? -C.1024), count
Anselmo degli Obertenghi
Guglielmo Marchese da Cortona
Berta, wife of Oberto di Parma
Oberto Obizzo (? -972)
Notes
^ Claudio Maria Goldoni: Estense Atlas , p.28 .
^ C. Manaresi I Placiti of the "Regnum Italiae" , I, p. 551, Rome 1955-60
^ L. Schiaparelli The diplomas of Ugo and Lotario, Berengario II and Adalberto, Rome 1924, pp. 294, 311
^ C. Manaresi The Placiti of the "Regnum Italiae", II, p. 123, Rome 1955-60
^ A. Castagnetti - M. Luzzati - G. Pasquali - A. Vasina Early medieval inventories of lands, settlers and incomes, Rome 1979, p. 181
^ Pompeo Litta, famous families of Italy. D'Este , Turin, 1835.
Bibliography
Claudio Maria Goldoni, Estense Atlas - A thousand years in the history of Europe - The Estensi in Ferrara, Modena, Reggio, Garfagnana and Massa Carrara , Modena, Edizioni Artestampa, 2011, ISBN 978-88-6462-005-3 .
T. Sickel Conradi I, Heinrici I et Ottonis I Diplomata , in Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Diplomata regum et imperatorum Germaniae , I, Hannover 1879-84
F. Kurze Reginonis abbatis Prumiensis Chronicon cum continuatione , in Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Scriptores rerum germanicarum , L, Hanover 1890
M. Nobili Gli Obertenghi and other essays , Spoleto 2006
C. Cipolla Diplomatic code of S. Colombano di Bobbio until the year MCCVIII , in Fonti per la Storia d'Italia, 52-54 , Rome 1918
A. Piazza Monastero and Bishopric of Bobbio (from the end of the 10th to the beginning of the 13th century) , Spoleto 1997
Cammarosano Nobili and king. Political Italy of the early Middle Ages , Rome-Bari 1998
L. Schiaparelli The diplomas of Ugo and Lotario, Berengario II and Adalberto , Rome 1924
C. Manaresi I Placiti of the "Regnum Italiae" , I-II, Rome 1955-60
A. Castagnetti - M. Luzzati - G. Pasquali - A. Vasina Early medieval inventories of lands, settlers and incomes , Rome 1979
P. Chiesa Liudprandi Cremonensis Antapodosis - Homelia Paschalis, Historia Ottonis, Relatio de legatione Constantinopolitana , Turnhoult 1998 (Studies: E. Hlawitschka, Franken, Alamannen, Bayern und Burgunder in Oberitalien (774-962). Zum Verständnis der Fränkischen Königsherrsft. Freiburg im Breisgau 1960)
Pompeo Litta, famous families of Italy. D'Este , Turin, 1835. ISBN does not exist.
According to Wikipedia:
Oberto I Obizzo (also known as Otbert) (died 15 October 975) was an Italian count palatine and margrave and the oldest known member of the Obertenghi family.[1]
Biography
Oberto I inherited the countship of Milan in 951 from his father Adalberto the Margrave.[2]
Soon after assuming the Italian throne, Berengar II reorganised his territories south of the Po River, dividing them into three new marches (frontier districts) named after their respective margraves: the marca Aleramica of Aleram of Montferrat, the marca Arduinica of Arduin Glaber, and the marca Obertenga of Oberto. This last division consisted of eastern Liguria and was also known as the marca Januensis or March of Genoa. It consisted of Tuscany with the cities of Genoa, Luni, Tortona, Parma, and Piacenza.[3]
In 960, he had to take refuge in Germany. The next year, Pope John XII asked Otto I of Germany to intervene in Italy to protect him from Berengar. When Otto took control of Italy, Oberto was able to return to his lands, with the title of count palatine confirmed by Otto.
He was succeeded as Count of Milan by his sons Adalberto II of Milan who at a later time was succeeded by Oberto II. His great-grandson Albert Azzo II, Margrave of Milan founded the House of Este.[4]
External links
History of Obertenga[permanent dead link] (in Italian)
References
Pompeo Litta, Famiglie celebri d'Italia. D'Este, Torino, 1835.
Giorgio fiori, i malaspina, tipleco, piacenza 1995.
Giorgio fiori, i malaspina, tipleco, piacenza 1995.
Luciano Chiappini, Gli Estensi, Varese, 1988.
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According to Wikipedia:
Oberto I ( 945 - 15 October 975 ) was Count Palatino and Luni, marquis of Milan and Liguria. It is considered the oldest member of the Obertenghi family, prince of the Holy Roman Empire .
He is the progenitor of the noble Italian families Cavalcabò , Este , Malaspina and Pallavicino . [1]
Biography
Former count for a placito in the royal palace of Pavia on 13 April 945 [2] , he obtained the titles of margrave and marquis of Milan and Genoa from 951 and of Conte Palatino (count of the sacred palace) from 953 , becoming the highest official , with responsibilities that extended to the entire territory of the kingdom [3] . Oberto's father was Adalberto il Margravio , viscount in 940 , "marquis of Italy" and regent of the Marca di Milano , of whom nothing else has been handed down beyond the name and title.
Shortly after assuming the title of King of Italy , Berengario of Ivrea reorganized its territories south of the Po , dividing them into three new brands (border districts) which took their name from their respective marquises:
the Marca Aleramica from Aleramo del Monferrato
the Marca Arduinica from Arduino il Glabro
the Marca Obertenga of Oberto I
The "Marca Obertenga" consisted of the territory of eastern Liguria and was also called the Januensis brand or precisely of eastern Liguria, having had Genoa as its first and ancient capital, and combined the territories of the Marca of Milan and the Marca of Genoa . It was formed by eastern Liguria and Lunigiana, on the entire Lombardy, Emilia, a part of Switzerland, Piedmont and Tuscany with the committees of the cities of Genoa, Milan, Luni , Tortona , with rights over Bobbio (monastic fiefdom) , Pavia (part of the territory except the imperial and royal relevance), Piacenza , Cremona , Parma and territories in the committees of Padua , including Monselice , Ferrara , Gavello (Rovigo) and in the Marca di Tuscia .
In 960 he went to Germany by King Otto I of Germany together with a delegation to encourage his descent to Italy to take possession of the kingdom. The following year, Pope John XII asked Ottone to intervene in Italy to protect him from Berengario . When Ottone took possession of Italy, Oberto managed to return to his lands, with the title of Count Palatine confirmed by the king, being richly rewarded with the concession of lands taken from the vast patrimony of the monastic fiefdom of the abbey of Bobbio [4] . From that date, therefore, around the rich patrimony of the powerful and envied Abbey of San Colombano di Bobbio a double redistribution process had been activated which for the first time saw the Ottons assert their rights on part of the lands of the monastery, already an imperial fiefdom , granting benefits to Oberto, who in turn granted benefits from time to time to his vassals [5] .
His sons Adalberto I and Oberto II succeeded him in the title. The nephew Alberto Azzo I was the father of Alberto Azzo II d'Este , who founded the Casa d'Este ; this fact makes Oberto the progenitor of the Este house as well as its branches, the House of Welfen and Hanover .
Lineage
Oberto married Guilla di Bonifazio, marquis of Spoleto and they had six children: [6]
Adalbert I (c.925-1002)
Oberto II (? -1014), his successor
Adalberto or Alberto di Parodi (? -C.1024), count
Anselmo degli Obertenghi
Guglielmo Marchese da Cortona
Berta, wife of Oberto di Parma
Oberto Obizzo (? -972)
Notes
^ Claudio Maria Goldoni: Estense Atlas , p.28 .
^ C. Manaresi I Placiti of the "Regnum Italiae" , I, p. 551, Rome 1955-60
^ L. Schiaparelli The diplomas of Ugo and Lotario, Berengario II and Adalberto, Rome 1924, pp. 294, 311
^ C. Manaresi The Placiti of the "Regnum Italiae", II, p. 123, Rome 1955-60
^ A. Castagnetti - M. Luzzati - G. Pasquali - A. Vasina Early medieval inventories of lands, settlers and incomes, Rome 1979, p. 181
^ Pompeo Litta, famous families of Italy. D'Este , Turin, 1835.
Bibliography
Claudio Maria Goldoni, Estense Atlas - A thousand years in the history of Europe - The Estensi in Ferrara, Modena, Reggio, Garfagnana and Massa Carrara , Modena, Edizioni Artestampa, 2011, ISBN 978-88-6462-005-3 .
T. Sickel Conradi I, Heinrici I et Ottonis I Diplomata , in Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Diplomata regum et imperatorum Germaniae , I, Hannover 1879-84
F. Kurze Reginonis abbatis Prumiensis Chronicon cum continuatione , in Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Scriptores rerum germanicarum , L, Hanover 1890
M. Nobili Gli Obertenghi and other essays , Spoleto 2006
C. Cipolla Diplomatic code of S. Colombano di Bobbio until the year MCCVIII , in Fonti per la Storia d'Italia, 52-54 , Rome 1918
A. Piazza Monastero and Bishopric of Bobbio (from the end of the 10th to the beginning of the 13th century) , Spoleto 1997
Cammarosano Nobili and king. Political Italy of the early Middle Ages , Rome-Bari 1998
L. Schiaparelli The diplomas of Ugo and Lotario, Berengario II and Adalberto , Rome 1924
C. Manaresi I Placiti of the "Regnum Italiae" , I-II, Rome 1955-60
A. Castagnetti - M. Luzzati - G. Pasquali - A. Vasina Early medieval inventories of lands, settlers and incomes , Rome 1979
P. Chiesa Liudprandi Cremonensis Antapodosis - Homelia Paschalis, Historia Ottonis, Relatio de legatione Constantinopolitana , Turnhoult 1998 (Studies: E. Hlawitschka, Franken, Alamannen, Bayern und Burgunder in Oberitalien (774-962). Zum Verständnis der Fränkischen Königsherrsft. Freiburg im Breisgau 1960)
Pompeo Litta, famous families of Italy. D'Este , Turin, 1835. ISBN does not exist.
According to Wikipedia:
Oberto I Obizzo (also known as Otbert) (died 15 October 975) was an Italian count palatine and margrave and the oldest known member of the Obertenghi family.[1]
Biography
Oberto I inherited the countship of Milan in 951 from his father Adalberto the Margrave.[2]
Soon after assuming the Italian throne, Berengar II reorganised his territories south of the Po River, dividing them into three new marches (frontier districts) named after their respective margraves: the marca Aleramica of Aleram of Montferrat, the marca Arduinica of Arduin Glaber, and the marca Obertenga of Oberto. This last division consisted of eastern Liguria and was also known as the marca Januensis or March of Genoa. It consisted of Tuscany with the cities of Genoa, Luni, Tortona, Parma, and Piacenza.[3]
In 960, he had to take refuge in Germany. The next year, Pope John XII asked Otto I of Germany to intervene in Italy to protect him from Berengar. When Otto took control of Italy, Oberto was able to return to his lands, with the title of count palatine confirmed by Otto.
He was succeeded as Count of Milan by his sons Adalberto II of Milan who at a later time was succeeded by Oberto II. His great-grandson Albert Azzo II, Margrave of Milan founded the House of Este.[4]
External links
History of Obertenga[permanent dead link] (in Italian)
References
Pompeo Litta, Famiglie celebri d'Italia. D'Este, Torino, 1835.
Giorgio fiori, i malaspina, tipleco, piacenza 1995.
Giorgio fiori, i malaspina, tipleco, piacenza 1995.
Luciano Chiappini, Gli Estensi, Varese, 1988.
According to Wikipedia:
Oberto I Obizzo (also known as Otbert) (died 15 October 975) was an Italian count palatine and margrave and the oldest known member of the Obertenghi family.[1]
Biography
Oberto I inherited the countship of Milan in 951 from his father Adalberto the Margrave.[2]
Soon after assuming the Italian throne, Berengar II reorganised his territories south of the Po River, dividing them into three new marches (frontier districts) named after their respective margraves: the marca Aleramica of Aleram of Montferrat, the marca Arduinica of Arduin Glaber, and the marca Obertenga of Oberto. This last division consisted of eastern Liguria and was also known as the marca Januensis or March of Genoa. It consisted of Tuscany with the cities of Genoa, Luni, Tortona, Parma, and Piacenza.[3]
In 960, he had to take refuge in Germany. The next year, Pope John XII asked Otto I of Germany to intervene in Italy to protect him from Berengar. When Otto took control of Italy, Oberto was able to return to his lands, with the title of count palatine confirmed by Otto.
He was succeeded as Count of Milan by his sons Adalberto II of Milan who at a later time was succeeded by Oberto II. His great-grandson Albert Azzo II, Margrave of Milan founded the House of Este.[4]
External links
History of Obertenga[permanent dead link] (in Italian)
References
Pompeo Litta, Famiglie celebri d'Italia. D'Este, Torino, 1835.
Giorgio fiori, i malaspina, tipleco, piacenza 1995.
Giorgio fiori, i malaspina, tipleco, piacenza 1995.
Luciano Chiappini, Gli Estensi, Varese, 1988.
Oberto I Obizzo (also known as Otbert) (died 15 October 975) was an Italian count palatine and margrave and the oldest known member of the Obertenghi family.[1]
Biography
Oberto I inherited the countship of Milan in 951 from his father Adalberto the Margrave.[2]
Soon after assuming the Italian throne, Berengar II reorganised his territories south of the Po River, dividing them into three new marches (frontier districts) named after their respective margraves: the marca Aleramica of Aleram of Montferrat, the marca Arduinica of Arduin Glaber, and the marca Obertenga of Oberto. This last division consisted of eastern Liguria and was also known as the marca Januensis or March of Genoa. It consisted of Tuscany with the cities of Genoa, Luni, Tortona, Parma, and Piacenza.[3]
In 960, he had to take refuge in Germany. The next year, Pope John XII asked Otto I of Germany to intervene in Italy to protect him from Berengar. When Otto took control of Italy, Oberto was able to return to his lands, with the title of count palatine confirmed by Otto.
He was succeeded as Count of Milan by his sons Adalberto II of Milan who at a later time was succeeded by Oberto II. His great-grandson Albert Azzo II, Margrave of Milan founded the House of Este.[4]
External links
History of Obertenga[permanent dead link] (in Italian)
References
Pompeo Litta, Famiglie celebri d'Italia. D'Este, Torino, 1835.
Giorgio fiori, i malaspina, tipleco, piacenza 1995.
Giorgio fiori, i malaspina, tipleco, piacenza 1995.
Luciano Chiappini, Gli Estensi, Varese, 1988.
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According to Wikipedia:
Oberto I ( 945 - 15 October 975 ) was Count Palatino and Luni, marquis of Milan and Liguria. It is considered the oldest member of the Obertenghi family, prince of the Holy Roman Empire .
He is the progenitor of the noble Italian families Cavalcabò , Este , Malaspina and Pallavicino . [1]
Biography
Former count for a placito in the royal palace of Pavia on 13 April 945 [2] , he obtained the titles of margrave and marquis of Milan and Genoa from 951 and of Conte Palatino (count of the sacred palace) from 953 , becoming the highest official , with responsibilities that extended to the entire territory of the kingdom [3] . Oberto's father was Adalberto il Margravio , viscount in 940 , "marquis of Italy" and regent of the Marca di Milano , of whom nothing else has been handed down beyond the name and title.
Shortly after assuming the title of King of Italy , Berengario of Ivrea reorganized its territories south of the Po , dividing them into three new brands (border districts) which took their name from their respective marquises:
the Marca Aleramica from Aleramo del Monferrato
the Marca Arduinica from Arduino il Glabro
the Marca Obertenga of Oberto I
The "Marca Obertenga" consisted of the territory of eastern Liguria and was also called the Januensis brand or precisely of eastern Liguria, having had Genoa as its first and ancient capital, and combined the territories of the Marca of Milan and the Marca of Genoa . It was formed by eastern Liguria and Lunigiana, on the entire Lombardy, Emilia, a part of Switzerland, Piedmont and Tuscany with the committees of the cities of Genoa, Milan, Luni , Tortona , with rights over Bobbio (monastic fiefdom) , Pavia (part of the territory except the imperial and royal relevance), Piacenza , Cremona , Parma and territories in the committees of Padua , including Monselice , Ferrara , Gavello (Rovigo) and in the Marca di Tuscia .
In 960 he went to Germany by King Otto I of Germany together with a delegation to encourage his descent to Italy to take possession of the kingdom. The following year, Pope John XII asked Ottone to intervene in Italy to protect him from Berengario . When Ottone took possession of Italy, Oberto managed to return to his lands, with the title of Count Palatine confirmed by the king, being richly rewarded with the concession of lands taken from the vast patrimony of the monastic fiefdom of the abbey of Bobbio [4] . From that date, therefore, around the rich patrimony of the powerful and envied Abbey of San Colombano di Bobbio a double redistribution process had been activated which for the first time saw the Ottons assert their rights on part of the lands of the monastery, already an imperial fiefdom , granting benefits to Oberto, who in turn granted benefits from time to time to his vassals [5] .
His sons Adalberto I and Oberto II succeeded him in the title. The nephew Alberto Azzo I was the father of Alberto Azzo II d'Este , who founded the Casa d'Este ; this fact makes Oberto the progenitor of the Este house as well as its branches, the House of Welfen and Hanover .
Lineage
Oberto married Guilla di Bonifazio, marquis of Spoleto and they had six children: [6]
Adalbert I (c.925-1002)
Oberto II (? -1014), his successor
Adalberto or Alberto di Parodi (? -C.1024), count
Anselmo degli Obertenghi
Guglielmo Marchese da Cortona
Berta, wife of Oberto di Parma
Oberto Obizzo (? -972)
Notes
^ Claudio Maria Goldoni: Estense Atlas , p.28 .
^ C. Manaresi I Placiti of the "Regnum Italiae" , I, p. 551, Rome 1955-60
^ L. Schiaparelli The diplomas of Ugo and Lotario, Berengario II and Adalberto, Rome 1924, pp. 294, 311
^ C. Manaresi The Placiti of the "Regnum Italiae", II, p. 123, Rome 1955-60
^ A. Castagnetti - M. Luzzati - G. Pasquali - A. Vasina Early medieval inventories of lands, settlers and incomes, Rome 1979, p. 181
^ Pompeo Litta, famous families of Italy. D'Este , Turin, 1835.
Bibliography
Claudio Maria Goldoni, Estense Atlas - A thousand years in the history of Europe - The Estensi in Ferrara, Modena, Reggio, Garfagnana and Massa Carrara , Modena, Edizioni Artestampa, 2011, ISBN 978-88-6462-005-3 .
T. Sickel Conradi I, Heinrici I et Ottonis I Diplomata , in Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Diplomata regum et imperatorum Germaniae , I, Hannover 1879-84
F. Kurze Reginonis abbatis Prumiensis Chronicon cum continuatione , in Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Scriptores rerum germanicarum , L, Hanover 1890
M. Nobili Gli Obertenghi and other essays , Spoleto 2006
C. Cipolla Diplomatic code of S. Colombano di Bobbio until the year MCCVIII , in Fonti per la Storia d'Italia, 52-54 , Rome 1918
A. Piazza Monastero and Bishopric of Bobbio (from the end of the 10th to the beginning of the 13th century) , Spoleto 1997
Cammarosano Nobili and king. Political Italy of the early Middle Ages , Rome-Bari 1998
L. Schiaparelli The diplomas of Ugo and Lotario, Berengario II and Adalberto , Rome 1924
C. Manaresi I Placiti of the "Regnum Italiae" , I-II, Rome 1955-60
A. Castagnetti - M. Luzzati - G. Pasquali - A. Vasina Early medieval inventories of lands, settlers and incomes , Rome 1979
P. Chiesa Liudprandi Cremonensis Antapodosis - Homelia Paschalis, Historia Ottonis, Relatio de legatione Constantinopolitana , Turnhoult 1998 (Studies: E. Hlawitschka, Franken, Alamannen, Bayern und Burgunder in Oberitalien (774-962). Zum Verständnis der Fränkischen Königsherrsft. Freiburg im Breisgau 1960)
Pompeo Litta, famous families of Italy. D'Este , Turin, 1835. ISBN does not exist.
According to Wikipedia:
Oberto I Obizzo (also known as Otbert) (died 15 October 975) was an Italian count palatine and margrave and the oldest known member of the Obertenghi family.[1]
Biography
Oberto I inherited the countship of Milan in 951 from his father Adalberto the Margrave.[2]
Soon after assuming the Italian throne, Berengar II reorganised his territories south of the Po River, dividing them into three new marches (frontier districts) named after their respective margraves: the marca Aleramica of Aleram of Montferrat, the marca Arduinica of Arduin Glaber, and the marca Obertenga of Oberto. This last division consisted of eastern Liguria and was also known as the marca Januensis or March of Genoa. It consisted of Tuscany with the cities of Genoa, Luni, Tortona, Parma, and Piacenza.[3]
In 960, he had to take refuge in Germany. The next year, Pope John XII asked Otto I of Germany to intervene in Italy to protect him from Berengar. When Otto took control of Italy, Oberto was able to return to his lands, with the title of count palatine confirmed by Otto.
He was succeeded as Count of Milan by his sons Adalberto II of Milan who at a later time was succeeded by Oberto II. His great-grandson Albert Azzo II, Margrave of Milan founded the House of Este.[4]
External links
History of Obertenga[permanent dead link] (in Italian)
References
Pompeo Litta, Famiglie celebri d'Italia. D'Este, Torino, 1835.
Giorgio fiori, i malaspina, tipleco, piacenza 1995.
Giorgio fiori, i malaspina, tipleco, piacenza 1995.
Luciano Chiappini, Gli Estensi, Varese, 1988.
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According to Wikipedia:
Oberto I ( 945 - 15 October 975 ) was Count Palatino and Luni, marquis of Milan and Liguria. It is considered the oldest member of the Obertenghi family, prince of the Holy Roman Empire .
He is the progenitor of the noble Italian families Cavalcabò , Este , Malaspina and Pallavicino . [1]
Biography
Former count for a placito in the royal palace of Pavia on 13 April 945 [2] , he obtained the titles of margrave and marquis of Milan and Genoa from 951 and of Conte Palatino (count of the sacred palace) from 953 , becoming the highest official , with responsibilities that extended to the entire territory of the kingdom [3] . Oberto's father was Adalberto il Margravio , viscount in 940 , "marquis of Italy" and regent of the Marca di Milano , of whom nothing else has been handed down beyond the name and title.
Shortly after assuming the title of King of Italy , Berengario of Ivrea reorganized its territories south of the Po , dividing them into three new brands (border districts) which took their name from their respective marquises:
the Marca Aleramica from Aleramo del Monferrato
the Marca Arduinica from Arduino il Glabro
the Marca Obertenga of Oberto I
The "Marca Obertenga" consisted of the territory of eastern Liguria and was also called the Januensis brand or precisely of eastern Liguria, having had Genoa as its first and ancient capital, and combined the territories of the Marca of Milan and the Marca of Genoa . It was formed by eastern Liguria and Lunigiana, on the entire Lombardy, Emilia, a part of Switzerland, Piedmont and Tuscany with the committees of the cities of Genoa, Milan, Luni , Tortona , with rights over Bobbio (monastic fiefdom) , Pavia (part of the territory except the imperial and royal relevance), Piacenza , Cremona , Parma and territories in the committees of Padua , including Monselice , Ferrara , Gavello (Rovigo) and in the Marca di Tuscia .
In 960 he went to Germany by King Otto I of Germany together with a delegation to encourage his descent to Italy to take possession of the kingdom. The following year, Pope John XII asked Ottone to intervene in Italy to protect him from Berengario . When Ottone took possession of Italy, Oberto managed to return to his lands, with the title of Count Palatine confirmed by the king, being richly rewarded with the concession of lands taken from the vast patrimony of the monastic fiefdom of the abbey of Bobbio [4] . From that date, therefore, around the rich patrimony of the powerful and envied Abbey of San Colombano di Bobbio a double redistribution process had been activated which for the first time saw the Ottons assert their rights on part of the lands of the monastery, already an imperial fiefdom , granting benefits to Oberto, who in turn granted benefits from time to time to his vassals [5] .
His sons Adalberto I and Oberto II succeeded him in the title. The nephew Alberto Azzo I was the father of Alberto Azzo II d'Este , who founded the Casa d'Este ; this fact makes Oberto the progenitor of the Este house as well as its branches, the House of Welfen and Hanover .
Lineage
Oberto married Guilla di Bonifazio, marquis of Spoleto and they had six children: [6]
Adalbert I (c.925-1002)
Oberto II (? -1014), his successor
Adalberto or Alberto di Parodi (? -C.1024), count
Anselmo degli Obertenghi
Guglielmo Marchese da Cortona
Berta, wife of Oberto di Parma
Oberto Obizzo (? -972)
Notes
^ Claudio Maria Goldoni: Estense Atlas , p.28 .
^ C. Manaresi I Placiti of the "Regnum Italiae" , I, p. 551, Rome 1955-60
^ L. Schiaparelli The diplomas of Ugo and Lotario, Berengario II and Adalberto, Rome 1924, pp. 294, 311
^ C. Manaresi The Placiti of the "Regnum Italiae", II, p. 123, Rome 1955-60
^ A. Castagnetti - M. Luzzati - G. Pasquali - A. Vasina Early medieval inventories of lands, settlers and incomes, Rome 1979, p. 181
^ Pompeo Litta, famous families of Italy. D'Este , Turin, 1835.
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According to Wikipedia:
Oberto I Obizzo (also known as Otbert) (died 15 October 975) was an Italian count palatine and margrave and the oldest known member of the Obertenghi family.[1]
Biography
Oberto I inherited the countship of Milan in 951 from his father Adalberto the Margrave.[2]
Soon after assuming the Italian throne, Berengar II reorganised his territories south of the Po River, dividing them into three new marches (frontier districts) named after their respective margraves: the marca Aleramica of Aleram of Montferrat, the marca Arduinica of Arduin Glaber, and the marca Obertenga of Oberto. This last division consisted of eastern Liguria and was also known as the marca Januensis or March of Genoa. It consisted of Tuscany with the cities of Genoa, Luni, Tortona, Parma, and Piacenza.[3]
In 960, he had to take refuge in Germany. The next year, Pope John XII asked Otto I of Germany to intervene in Italy to protect him from Berengar. When Otto took control of Italy, Oberto was able to return to his lands, with the title of count palatine confirmed by Otto.
He was succeeded as Count of Milan by his sons Adalberto II of Milan who at a later time was succeeded by Oberto II. His great-grandson Albert Azzo II, Margrave of Milan founded the House of Este.[4]
External links
History of Obertenga[permanent dead link] (in Italian)
References
Pompeo Litta, Famiglie celebri d'Italia. D'Este, Torino, 1835.
Giorgio fiori, i malaspina, tipleco, piacenza 1995.
Giorgio fiori, i malaspina, tipleco, piacenza 1995.
Luciano Chiappini, Gli Estensi, Varese, 1988.
According to Wikipedia:
Oberto I Obizzo (also known as Otbert) (died 15 October 975) was an Italian count palatine and margrave and the oldest known member of the Obertenghi family.[1]
Biography
Oberto I inherited the countship of Milan in 951 from his father Adalberto the Margrave.[2]
Soon after assuming the Italian throne, Berengar II reorganised his territories south of the Po River, dividing them into three new marches (frontier districts) named after their respective margraves: the marca Aleramica of Aleram of Montferrat, the marca Arduinica of Arduin Glaber, and the marca Obertenga of Oberto. This last division consisted of eastern Liguria and was also known as the marca Januensis or March of Genoa. It consisted of Tuscany with the cities of Genoa, Luni, Tortona, Parma, and Piacenza.[3]
In 960, he had to take refuge in Germany. The next year, Pope John XII asked Otto I of Germany to intervene in Italy to protect him from Berengar. When Otto took control of Italy, Oberto was able to return to his lands, with the title of count palatine confirmed by Otto.
He was succeeded as Count of Milan by his sons Adalberto II of Milan who at a later time was succeeded by Oberto II. His great-grandson Albert Azzo II, Margrave of Milan founded the House of Este.[4]
External links
History of Obertenga[permanent dead link] (in Italian)
References
Pompeo Litta, Famiglie celebri d'Italia. D'Este, Torino, 1835.
Giorgio fiori, i malaspina, tipleco, piacenza 1995.
Giorgio fiori, i malaspina, tipleco, piacenza 1995.
Luciano Chiappini, Gli Estensi, Varese, 1988.
Events
| Birth | 945 | ||||
| Death | 15 Oct 975 |
Families
| Spouse | Living |
| Child | Oberto II, Margrave of Milan ( - 1014) |
| Father | Adalberto, Margrave of Milan ( - ) |
| Sibling | Oberto I, Margrave of Milan ( - ) |