A baronial house holding the castle of Anguillara on the south shore of Lake Bracciano, north-west of Rome.
Its members took Santa Severa (1140) and Tolfa (1146); Pandolfo I fought the prefects for control of the area in 1186, went to Orvieto that year to meet Henry VI, and in 1191 lodged Henry and his retinue on the way to his coronation. The style of count and the great Anguillara lordship are later.
Who he is
- Name
- Pandolfo I, attested in 1186 and 1191; whether he is alive and holding on 1 January 1200 is not pinned
- Title
- Lord of Anguillara
- Family
- Anguillara, a baronial house of the Roman Tuscia
- Confidence
- low
it.wikipedia (Anguillara (famiglia)).
Overlord
The pope (the Roman Tuscia); a Roman baronial house
What it holds
- Anguillara and its lake shore
- Tolfa and Santa Severa (taken in the 1140s; whether still held in 1200 not pinned)
How it was acquired
Old family lordship of the eleventh and twelfth centuries.
Allies and rivals
Rivals of the prefects (1186). Imperial hosts in 1186 and 1191; their stance towards Innocent III is not pinned.
How things stand that morning
Holding Anguillara (not pinned in detail). Whether the Roman Senate counts Anguillara in its district that winter is not pinned: across the lake and south lies Rome's ground (rom).
Wealth
Lake fishing, the road from Rome to the Tuscia, pasture.
Military
Castles (no figures).
Threats
- The prefects
- Rome's Senate
- The pope's officers
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Only 1140, 1146, 1186 and 1191 are dated; nothing for 1199-1200.
On the map: Only the name-castle is drawn; Tolfa and Santa Severa are not pinned for 1200.
Primary sources for Papal State
Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.
- Annals of Montecassino; Annals of Ceccano (Fossanova) (12th and early 13th centuries; Ceccano to 1217). Two sets of annals from either side of the papal and Sicilian frontier. Read online
- Chronicle of Richard of San Germano, Richard of San Germano (first version about 1216, enlarged to 1243). The fullest southern narrative of the Hohenstaufen kingdom, written by a notary on the border of the Terra di Lavoro. Read online
- Chronicle of Alberic of Trois-Fontaines, Alberic of Trois-Fontaines (about 1227 to 1241, at the Cistercian abbey of Trois-Fontaines in Champagne). The widest net of any Latin chronicle for 1200, compiled from dozens of sources, many now lost. Read online
- Chronicle of Andres, William of Andres (about 1220 to 1234). The chronicle and cartulary of a small abbey between Guines and Ardres, near the border of Flanders and Boulogne. Read online
- Chronicle of Burchard of Ursberg, Burchard of Ursberg (about 1229 to 1230, reworked by Conrad of Lichtenau). Written a generation later by a fierce partisan of the Staufen and a critic of Innocent III. Read online
- Chronicle of Robert of Auxerre, Robert of Auxerre (Robert of Saint-Marien) (about 1190 to 1211; continued at Saint-Marien to 1227). A universal chronicle whose last twenty years are contemporary and well informed from Burgundy and the Auxerrois. Read online
- Chronicle of Roger of Howden, Roger of Howden (about 1192 to 1201). The fullest single narrative for the year. Read online
- Chronicle of Sicard, bishop of Cremona, Sicard of Cremona (about 1210 to 1213). A universal chronicle whose last part is a well-placed eyewitness account by a Lombard bishop who served emperors and popes. Read online
12 more in the sources library for Southern Italy and the Islands.
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.