Giudice of Logudoro
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- The identity, number, relationships, and chronology of the giudici up until about 1112 are poorly sourced and highly disputed among historians of the period.
- Gonario IGonario I of TorresGonario I Comita was the first known Giudice of Logudoro and Arborea from perhaps as early as the late tenth century and as late as circa 1038...
(c. 1015 – c. 1038) - Comita II (c. 1038 – c. 1060)
- Barisone IBarisone I of TorresBarison I or Barisone I was the giudice of Arborea from around 1038 until about 1060 and then of Logudoro until his death sometime around 1073. He is the first ruler of Logudoro of whom we have any real knowledge. His whole policy was opposition to Pisa and support of monastic immigration from...
(c. 1060 – c. 1073) - Andrew Tanca (c. 1064 – c. 1073)
- Marianus IMarianus I of TorresMarianus I was the Judge of Logudoro from 1073, when he is first mentioned after his father or grandfather, Barisone I, until about 1082, when he is last mentioned...
(to c. 1082) - Constantine IConstantine I of TorresConstantine I was the giudice of Logudoro. He was co-ruling by 1082 and sole ruler by 1113. His reign is usually said to have begun about 1112.He was the son of Marianus I, with whom he co-reigned, and Susanna de Thori.-1113/1115:...
(c. 1082 – c. 1127) - Gonario IIGonario II of TorresGonario II was the giudice of Logudoro from the death of his father to his own abdication in 1154. He was a son of Constantine I and Marcusa de Gunale. He was born between 1113 and 1114 according to later sources and the Camaldolese church of S...
(c. 1127 – 1153)- SaltaroSaltaro of TorresSaltaro was the son of Constantine I of Logudoro. His mother is unknown, it may have been Marcusa. Whether or not he is the same person as the "Saltaro de Gunale" pretender to the throne of Logudoro in 1127 during the reign of Gonario II is unknown....
(1127), pretender - Ittocorre GambellaIttocorre GambellaIttocorre Gambella was the regent of the Giudicato of Logudoro between 1127 and sometime before 1140.When Constantine I died around 1127, he left his young son Gonario II under the regency of Ittocorre...
(1127 – 1140), regent
- Saltaro
- Barisone IIBarisone II of TorresBarison II or Barisone II was the giudice of Logudoro from 1153 to 1186. He was the son and successor of Gonario II, who retired to the monastery of Clairvaux to live out his days....
(1153 – 1186) - Constantine IIConstantine II of TorresConstantine II , called de Martis, was the giudice of Logudoro. He succeeded to the giudicato sometime between 1181 and 1191. He was the son of Barisone II and Preziosa de Orrubu. His father associated him with the government in 1170 and abdicated the throne to him around 1186...
(1186 – 1198) - Comita IIIComita III of TorresComita III was the giudice of Logudoro, with its capital at Torres, from 1198 until 1218. He was the youngest of four sons of Barisone II of Torres and Preziosa de Orrubu...
(1198 – 1218) - Marianus IIMarianus II of TorresMarianus II was the Judge of Logudoro from 1218 until his death. He was an ally of the Republic of Genoa and enemy of Pisa.He was a son of Comita III , who associated him with the government of Logudoro as early as 1203. He succeeded his father in 1218...
(1218 – 1233) - Barisone IIIBarisone III of TorresBarisone III was briefly the Judge of Logudoro from 1232 until his death. He was the only son of Marianus II, whom he succeeded....
(1233 – 1236) - AdelasiaAdelasia of TorresAdelasia , eldest child of Marianus II of Logudoro by Agnes of Massa, daughter of William I of Cagliari, and successor of her brother, Barisone III, in 1236, was the Judge of Logudoro from 1236 and Judge of Gallura from 1238....
(1236 – 1259)- Ubaldo (1236 – 1238), husband
- EnzioEnzio of SardiniaEnzio was an illegitimate son of Emperor Frederick II and King of Sardinia.-Life:...
(1238 – 1272), husband
- Gonario I
- Partitioned between Arborea and the DoriaDoriaDoria, originally de Auria , meaning "the sons of Auria", and then de Oria or d'Oria, is the name of an old and extremely wealthy Genoese family who played a major role in the history of the Republic of Genoa and in Italy, from the 12th century to the 16th century.-Origins:According to legend, a...
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