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Adalbert Atto di Canossa

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Adalbert Atto di Canossa was born in of Canossa, Italy; died on 13 Feb 988.

    Notes:

    First Count of Canossa.

    Family/Spouse: Hildegard. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Prangardia di Canossa  Descendancy chart to this point was born in of Canossa, Italy.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Prangardia di Canossa Descendancy chart to this point (1.Adalbert1) was born in of Canossa, Italy.

    Prangardia married Manfred I of Turin after 962. Manfred (son of Arduin Glaber and Vmille) died about 1000. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 3. Olderich II Manfredo  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 992; died on 29 Oct 1034 in Turin, Torino, Piedmont, Italy; was buried in Turin Cathedral, Turin, Torino, Piedmont, Italy.


Generation: 3

  1. 3.  Olderich II Manfredo Descendancy chart to this point (2.Prangardia2, 1.Adalbert1) was born in 992; died on 29 Oct 1034 in Turin, Torino, Piedmont, Italy; was buried in Turin Cathedral, Turin, Torino, Piedmont, Italy.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate death: 1035

    Notes:

    Also called Ulric Manfredo. Count of Susa. Margrave of Turin.

    Olderich married Berta of Este before 1014. Berta (daughter of Oberto Obizzo II of Este and Railende du Como) died in 1029. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 4. Bertha of Turin  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 5. Irmingard de Susa  Descendancy chart to this point died on 28 Jan 1078.
    3. 6. Adelaide of Susa  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1015; died on 27 Dec 1091 in Canischio, Turino, Piedmont, Italy.


Generation: 4

  1. 4.  Bertha of Turin Descendancy chart to this point (3.Olderich3, 2.Prangardia2, 1.Adalbert1)

    Notes:

    Also called Berta de Susa.

    Bertha married Otto of Savona about 1036. Otto (son of Anselmo and Adila) died between Sep 1064 and 12 May 1065. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 7. Manfredo de Savona  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 8. Boniface del Vasto  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1060; died between 1125 and 1130.

  2. 5.  Irmingard de Susa Descendancy chart to this point (3.Olderich3, 2.Prangardia2, 1.Adalbert1) died on 28 Jan 1078.

    Family/Spouse: Otto of Swabia and Schweinfurt. Otto (son of Henry of Schweinfurt and Gerberge) was born about 1002; died on 28 Sep 1057. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 9. Judith von Schweinfurt  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 10. Gisela of Swabia  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 11. Beatrix von Schweinfurt  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1104.

    Irmingard married Ekbert I of Brunswick in 1058. Ekbert (son of Liudolf of Brunswick and Gertrude of Egisheim) was born about 1036; died on 11 Jan 1068. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 12. Gertrude von Meissen  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1060; died on 9 Dec 1117.

  3. 6.  Adelaide of Susa Descendancy chart to this point (3.Olderich3, 2.Prangardia2, 1.Adalbert1) was born about 1015; died on 27 Dec 1091 in Canischio, Turino, Piedmont, Italy.

    Notes:

    Also called Alix.

    Marchioness (Duchess) of Turin. Kick-ass eleventh-century woman who took no crap from anybody, evidently.

    From Wikipedia:

    Since the margravial title primarily had a military purpose at the time, it was thus was not considered suitable for a woman. Emperor Conrad II therefore arranged a marriage between Adelaide and his stepson, Herman IV, in January 1037. Herman was then invested as margrave of Turin. Herman died of the plague while fighting for Conrad II at Naples in July 1038.

    Adelaide remarried in order to secure her vast march. Probably in 1041, and certainly before 19 January 1042, Adelaide married Henry, Marquess of Montferrat. Henry died c. 1045 and left Adelaide a widow for the second time. Immediately, a third marriage was undertaken, this time to Otto of Savoy (1046). With Otto she had three sons, Peter I, Amadeus II, and Otto. The couple also had two daughters, Bertha, who married Henry IV of Germany, and Adelaide, who married Rudolf of Rheinfelden (who later opposed Henry as King of Germany). [...]

    In 1070 Adelaide captured and burned the city of Asti, which had rebelled against her.

    In 1069 Henry IV tried to repudiate Adelaide's daughter, Bertha, which caused Adelaide's relationship with the imperial family to cool. However, through the intervention of Bertha, Henry received Adelaide's support when he came to Italy to submit to Pope Gregory VII and Matilda of Tuscany at Canossa. In return for allowing him to travel through her lands, Henry gave Bugey to Adelaide. Adelaide and her son Amadeus then accompanied Henry IV and Bertha to Canossa, where Adelaide acted as an oath-helper, alongside Matilda and Albert Azzo II, Margrave of Milan, among others. Bishop Benzo of Alba sent several letters to Adelaide between 1080 and 1082, encouraging her to support Henry IV in the Italian wars which formed part of the Investiture Controversy. Adelaide's dealings with Henry IV became closer after this. She offered to mediate between him and Matilda and Tuscany, and may even have joined him on campaign.

    Adelaide made many donations to monasteries in the march of Turin. In 1064 she founded the monastery of Santa Maria at Pinerolo.

    Adelaide received letters from many of the leading churchmen of the day, including Pope Alexander II, Peter Damian, and Pope Gregory VII. These letters indicate that Adelaide sometimes supported Gregorian reform, but that at other times she did not. Peter Damian (writing in 1064) and Gregory VII (writing in 1073), relied upon Adelaide to enforce clerical celibacy and protect the monasteries of Fruttuaria and San Michele della Chiusa. By contrast, Alexander II (writing c. 1066/7) reproached Adelaide for her dealings with Guido da Velate the simoniac Archbishop of Milan. [...]

    Adelaide is a featured figure on Judy Chicago's installation piece The Dinner Party, being represented as one of the 999 names on the Heritage Floor.

    Adelaide married Hermann of Swabia about 1036. Hermann (son of Ernst of Swabia and Gisele of Swabia) was born about 1007; died on 28 Jul 1038 in near Milan, Lombardy, Italy. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 13. Richwara of Swabia  Descendancy chart to this point died before 1056.

    Adelaide married Otto I of Savoy about 1046. Otto (son of Humbert I of Savoy and Ancilla) died between 19 Jan 1057 and 1060. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 14. Amadeo II of Savoy  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1050; died on 26 Jan 1080.
    2. 15. Bertha of Turin  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1051; died on 27 Dec 1087 in Mainz, Hessen, Germany; was buried in Speyer Cathedral, Speyer, Germany.
    3. 16. Adelheid of Savoy  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1052; died in 1079.


 

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