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Judith Of Babenberg
Judith (called ''Julitta'' in Latin, ''Giuditta'' in Italian; – 1191?) was a German noblewoman who was the List of consorts of Montferrat, marchioness of Montferrat by marriage from 1133 until her death. She was a member of the House of Babenberg through her father and related to the House of Hohenstaufen through her mother. With her husband, Marquis William V, Marquess of Montferrat, William V, she had five sons and three daughters. Four of her sons played major roles in Mediterranean politics. In the later Middle Ages, she was remembered for her piety and beauty. Life Judith was born around 1120., on the basis of her still having children in 1162. , has her at 60–65 years of age in 1180–1185. She was a daughter of Margrave Leopold III, Margrave of Austria, Leopold III of Austria (1073–1136) and his second wife, Agnes of Waiblingen, Agnes (1072–1143). Through her mother she was the uterine sister of King Conrad III of Germany and the aunt of Emperor Frederi ...
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List Of Consorts Of Montferrat
The Marchioness and Duchesses of Montferrat were the consorts of the rulers of a territory in Piedmont south of the Po River, Po and east of Turin called Montferrat. The March of Montferrat was created by Berengar II of Italy in 950 during a redistribution of power in the northwest of his kingdom. It was originally named after and held by the Aleramici. In 1574, Montferrat was raised to a Duchy by Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor (see Duchy of Montferrat). Marchioness of Montferrat House of Aleramici Palaiologos, House of Paleologi :''Spanish occupation until 1536.'' House of Gonzaga In 1536 Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor granted the marquisate, despite competing claims from Savoy and from the Marquis of Saluzzo, to the Gonzagas. This was confirmed in 1559 by the Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis. Duchess of Montferrat House of Gonzaga In 1574, Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor raised the Gonzaga marquis to a duke and the "march" became the Duchy of Montferrat. House of Gonzaga ...
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Frederick Barbarossa
Frederick Barbarossa (December 1122 – 10 June 1190), also known as Frederick I (; ), was the Holy Roman Emperor from 1155 until his death in 1190. He was elected King of Germany in Frankfurt on 4 March 1152 and crowned in Aachen on 9 March 1152. He was crowned King of Italy on 24 April 1155 in Pavia and emperor by Pope Adrian IV on 18 June 1155 in Rome. Two years later, the term ' ("holy") first appeared in a document in connection with his empire. He was later formally crowned King of Burgundy, at Arles on 30 June 1178. His nickname of ' (meaning "Red Beard" in Italian) "was first used by the Florentines only in 1298 to differentiate the emperor from his grandson, Frederick II ... and was never employed in medieval Germany" (the colour red was "also associated in the Middle Ages with malice and a hot temper"; in reality, Frederick's hair was "blond", although his beard was described by a contemporary as "reddish"). In German, he was known as ', which in English means " ...
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Maria Komnene (daughter Of Manuel I)
Maria Komnene (or Comnena) (, ''Maria Komnēnē''; Constantinople, March 1152 – July 1182) was the eldest daughter of the Emperor Manuel I Komnenos by his first wife, Bertha of Sulzbach.Garland-StoneBertha-Irene of Sulzbach, first wife of Manuel I Comnenus/ref> She was known as the Porphyrogennete (Πορφυρογέννητη) or Porphyrogenita because she had been "born in the Purple Chamber", i.e. born in the Palace at Constantinople to the wife of a reigning emperor. Maria was probably born in March 1152. According to Cinnamus, she was given the title '' Augusta'' at her birth. In 1163 she was engaged to the future King Béla III of Hungary; Manuel, no longer expecting to father a legitimate son, was at that time ready to designate Béla (whom he had given the new court dignity of '' despotes'' and had renamed "Alexios") as his eventual successor. This engagement was broken off in 1169, soon after Manuel's son Alexios was born. Maria was then engaged to King William II of ...
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Renier Of Montferrat
Renier of Montferrat (; ) (1162–1183) was the fifth son of William V of Montferrat and Judith of Babenberg. He became son-in-law of the Byzantine Emperor Manuel I Komnenos and ''Caesar'' in 1180, and was later murdered in a Byzantine power-struggle. Life Renier was the son of William V of Montferrat and Judith of Babenberg. It was Manuel who suggested the marriage of his daughter to a son of William V. Since Conrad and Boniface were already married, and Frederick was in the priesthood, the only eligible son was the youngest, 17-year-old Renier. The Byzantine chronicler Niketas Choniates described him as handsome, blond (his hair "''shone like the sun''") and beardless. Caesar Renier arrived in Constantinople in autumn 1179 and soon afterwards accompanied Manuel on a military expedition. His marriage to the 27-year-old Maria took place at the Church of St. Mary of Blachernae in Constantinople, in February 1180. The wedding was celebrated with lavish festivity including game ...
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Baldwin V Of Jerusalem
Baldwin V (1177 or 11781186) was the king of Jerusalem who reigned together with his uncle Baldwin IV from 1183 to 1185 and, after his uncle's death, as the sole king from 1185 to his own death in 1186. Baldwin IV's leprosy meant that he could not have children, and so he spent his reign grooming various relatives to succeed him. Finally his nephew was chosen, and Baldwin IV had him crowned as co-king in order to sideline the child's unpopular stepfather, Guy of Lusignan. When Baldwin IV died, Count Raymond III of Tripoli assumed government on behalf of the child king. Baldwin V died of unknown causes and was succeeded by his mother, Sibylla, who then made Guy king. Background Baldwin of Montferrat was born in December 1177 or January 1178 to Sibylla, sister of King Baldwin IV of Jerusalem, after whom he was named. His father, William of Montferrat, had died in June 1177. Though only 16, the king was not expected to live long, nor could he marry and have children, because ...
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Benvenuto Sangiorgio
Benvenuto may refer to: People * Andrea Koch Benvenuto (born 1985), Chilean tennis player * Benvenuto Cellini Benvenuto Cellini (, ; 3 November 150013 February 1571) was an Italian goldsmith, sculptor, and author. His best-known extant works include the ''Cellini Salt Cellar'', the sculpture of ''Perseus with the Head of Medusa'', and his autobiography ... (1500–1571), Italian goldsmith, painter, sculptor, soldier and musician * Benvenuto Rambaldi da Imola (circa 1320–1388), Italian writer * Benvenuto Tisi (1481–1559), Italian painter * Giorgio Benvenuto (born 1937), Italian politician * Pietro Benvenuto (1769–1844), Italian painter * Pietro Benvenuto degli Ordini (15th century), Italian architect * Emil Benvenuto (1931–2011), American businessman and politician Music * "Benvenuto" (song), a 2011 song by Italian singer-songwriter Laura Pausini *"Benvenuto", song by Vasco Rossi Nessun Pericolo...Per Te 1996 {{disambig, surname Italian masculine given names ...
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Galeotto Del Carretto
Galeotto is an Italian name used in the Middle Ages. In modern Italian language, it means prisoner. People Galeotto is the name of: * Galeotto Franciotti della Rovere (1471–1507), Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal * Galeotto Graziani (died 1522), Italian monk and the first bishop of Sansepolcro * Galeotto I Malaspina (died 1367), Italian judge and nobleman * Galeotto I Malatesta (1299–1385), Italian condottiero, who was lord of Rimini, Fano, Ascoli Piceno, Cesena and Fossombrone * Galeotto I Pico (1442–1499), Italian condottieri and nobleman, lord of Mirandola and Count of Concordia * Galeotto II Pico della Mirandola (1508–1550), Italian condottiere * Galeotto Manfredi (1440–1488), Italian condottiero and lord of Faenza * Galeotto Roberto Malatesta (1411–1432), Italian condottiero Other uses * '' Prencipe Galeotto'', subtitle of ''The Decameron'', in reference to Prince Galehaut Galehaut (or Galaha ''l/u''t, Galeho ''l/u''t, Gallehau ''l''t ...
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Alessandria
Alessandria (; ) is a city and commune in Piedmont, Italy, and the capital of the Province of Alessandria. It is also the largest municipality of the region. The city is sited on the alluvial plain between the Tanaro and the Bormida rivers, about east of Turin. Alessandria is also a major railway hub. History Alessandria was founded in 1168 with a charter as a free comune; it was sited upon a preexisting urban nucleus, to serve as a stronghold for the Lombard League, defending the traditional liberties of the communes of northern Italy against the Imperial forces of Frederick Barbarossa. Alessandria stood in the territories of the marchese of Montferrat, a staunch ally of the Emperor, with a name assumed in 1168 to honour the Emperor's opponent, Pope Alexander III. In 1174–1175 the fortress was sorely tested by the Imperial siege and stood fast. A legend (related in Umberto Eco's novel ''Baudolino'', and which recalls one concerning Bishop Herculanus’ successful d ...
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Asti
Asti ( , ; ; ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) of 74,348 inhabitants (1–1–2021) located in the Italy, Italian region of Piedmont, about east of Turin, in the plain of the Tanaro, Tanaro River. It is the capital of the province of Asti and it is deemed to be the modern Capital city, capital of Montferrat. History Ancient times and early Middle Ages People have lived in and around what is now Asti since the Neolithic period. Before their defeat in 174 BC by the Romans, tribes of Ligures, the Statielli, dominated the area and the toponym probably derives from ''Ast'' which means "hill" in the ancient Celtic language. In 124 BC the Romans built a ''castrum'', or fortified camp, which eventually evolved into a full city named Hasta. In 89 BC the city received the status of ''Colonia (Roman), colonia'', and in 49 BC that of ''municipium''. Asti became an important city of the Augustan Italia (Roman Empire), Regio IX, favoured by its strategic position on the Tanaro river a ...
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Mombello Monferrato
Mombello Monferrato is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about east of Turin and about northwest of Alessandria Alessandria (; ) is a city and commune in Piedmont, Italy, and the capital of the Province of Alessandria. It is also the largest municipality of the region. The city is sited on the alluvial plain between the Tanaro and the Bormida rivers, .... References External links Official website Cities and towns in Piedmont {{Alessandria-geo-stub ...
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Lucedio Abbey
Lucedio Abbey (Italian: ''Abbazia di Santa Maria di Lucedio'') is a 12th-century former Cistercian foundation near Trino, which is now in the province of Vercelli, north-west Italy. It played an important role in the development of rice production in the region. History The abbey was founded in 1124, when Renier I of Montferrat provided an extensive tract of marsh, heath and woodland known as ''Locez'', on whose agricultural development the future prosperity of Lucedio would depend. As the second daughter-house of La Ferté Abbey (after Tiglieto Abbey, in the Ligurian Apennines), this was one of the earliest Cistercian monasteries in Italy. Lucedio contributed in its turn to the expansion of the Cistercian Order by giving birth to three daughter-houses over the next eighty years: Santa Maria di Castagnola Abbey in Chiaravalle (1147) in the Marche, Rivalta Scrivia (1180) near Tortona and Acqualunga (1204) near Pavia. The Abbey's political ties to the Aleramici of Montfe ...
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Second Crusade
The Second Crusade (1147–1149) was the second major crusade launched from Europe. The Second Crusade was started in response to the fall of the County of Edessa in 1144 to the forces of Zengi. The county had been founded during the First Crusade (1096–1099) by the future King Baldwin I of Jerusalem in 1098. While it was the first Crusader state to be founded, it was also the first to fall. The Second Crusade was announced by Pope Eugene III, and was led in the east by European kings Louis VII of France and Conrad III of Germany, with help from a number of other European nobles. The armies of the two kings marched separately across Europe. After crossing Byzantine territory into Anatolia, both armies were separately defeated by the Seljuk Turks. The main Western Christian source, Odo of Deuil, and Syriac Christian sources claim that the Byzantine Emperor Manuel I Komnenos secretly hindered the crusaders' progress, particularly in Anatolia, where he is alleged to have de ...
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