Tommaso di Celano

Abt 1180 - 1254  (~ 71 years)

• Name	Tommaso di Celano
  Birth	Abt 1180	Celano, Aquila, Italy   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Between 1251 and 1254  [3]
  Person ID	I25729	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of TWK
  Last Modified	1 Sep 2020

  
  

  Father	Pietro di Celano   d. 1212
  Mother	(Unknown) of Palearia
  Family ID	F15414	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Giuditta di Molise   d. Aft 1246
  Marriage	Between 1194 and 1201  [1]
  Children	+ 1. Rogerio di Celano
  Family ID	F15413	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Sep 2020

  
  

• Notes

  Count of Celano. Not to be confused with his contemporary Tommaso da Celano, Franciscan poet and author of three hagiographies of St. Francis. A supporter of the emperor Otto IV, he attempted a rapprochement with Friedrich II after the latter's triumph over Otto at the Battle of Bouvines in 1214. This attempt failed, and following several years of increasingly desperate resistance, Tommaso surrendered in 1223 in a settlement brokered by Pope Honorius III. He served as papal general against Sicily in 1229, and commanded the papal troops in Spoleto in 1240. In 1247 Innocent IV restored the county of Celano to him. Following Friedrich's death in 1250, Tommaso fought in Sicily against Friedrich's son Konrad IV von Hohenstaufen, the emperor-elect. Tommaso's exact year of death is unknown.

  
  

• Sources

  [S49] Genealogics by Leo Van de Pas, continued by Ian Fettes and Leslie Mahler. [S4309] Peter Stewart, 31 Aug 2020, post to soc.genealogy.medieval., year only. [S4309] Peter Stewart, 31 Aug 2020, post to soc.genealogy.medieval.