Hugh the Great was the Margrave of Tuscany from 961 to his death and Duke of Spoleto and Camerino

Camerino

Camerino is a small town of 7.135 inhabitants in the Marches , in the province of Macerata, Italy. It is located in the Apennines bordering Umbria, between the valleys of the rivers Potenza and Chienti, about 40 miles from Ancona....

 from 989 to 996. He was the son and successor of Humbert of Tuscany, who was also briefly Duke of Spoleto, and Willa, a daughter of Boniface I of Spoleto. He himself was married to Judith and had a daughter Willa.

In 989, he became duke in Spoleto, but the Emperor Otto III

Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor

Otto III , a King of Germany, was the fourth ruler of the Saxon or Ottonian dynasty of the Holy Roman Empire. He was elected King in 983 on the death of his father Otto II and was crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 996.-Early reign:...

 became fearful of his extensive power in central Italy

Central Italy

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 and so dispossessed him of that duchy and granted it to Conrad

Conrad of Urslingen

Conrad of Urslingen was the Duke of Spoleto on two occasions: first from 1183 to 1190 and then from 1195 to 1198.Conrad began his career as count of Assisi, which was given him after its 1174 conquest by Christian of Mainz. Frederick Barbarossa, the emperor, invested Conrad as count and granted...

. On 31 July 1001, Otto granted several privileges to Ulric Manfred II of Turin

Ulric Manfred II of Turin

Ulric Manfred II was the Margrave of Turin and Susa in the early 11th century.- Biography:...

 by the request of Hugonis marchionis, probably Hugh of Tuscany.

The latter part of Hugh's long reign in Tuscany was spent endowing religious foundations. These donations were confirmed by many other rulers over the century after his death. He died at Pistoia

Pistoia

Pistoia is a city and comune in the Tuscany region of Italy, the capital of a province of the same name, located about 30 km west and north of Florence and is crossed by the Ombrone Pistoiese, a tributary of the River Arno.-History:...

 and was buried in Florence

Florence

Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....

. His life became surrounded by legends and he was remembered by Placido Puccinelli

Placido Puccinelli

Padre Placido Puccinelli was a Cassinese monk, a historian and scholar.Educated at the abbey of S. Maria in Florence, he began his monastic career on 15 January 1626. He was interested in historical studies, but above all genealogy and prosopography, in which the abbey had a great tradition...

 in his Istoria delle eroiche azioni di Ugo il Grande as a moral and pious prince. His tomb in the Badia Fiorentina

Badia Fiorentina

The Badìa Fiorentina is an abbey and church now home to the Fraternity of Jerusalem situated on the Via del Proconsolo in the centre of Florence, Italy. Dante supposedly grew up across the street in what is now called the 'Casa di Dante', rebuilt in 1910 as a museum to Dante...

 was said to be the site of celestial visions.

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