North and east of the mountain spine, in the Nebbio, the Balagne, the Casinca, the Castagniccia, the Bozio and round Corte, the castles and districts are divided among several lineages.
The fifteenth-century chronicle names among them the lords of Loreto, the Cortinchi and the Amondaschi; the sources we could use do not tie each lineage to particular districts in 1200, and a lord of Loreto appears with a firm date only in the later thirteenth century (Giovanninello of Loreto, Genoa's ally, who fortified Calvi in the 1270s). This record stands for all of them; the later popular revolt that created the 'Land of the Commune' (Terra di Comune) in this half of the island is a fourteenth-century event and must not be back-projected.
Who he is
- Name
- Not pinned for 1200: the kin-groups the chronicle tradition names include the lords of Loreto, the Cortinchi and the Amondaschi
- Title
- Lords of castles and districts (pievi)
- Family
- Several lineages, some of Tuscan or Ligurian origin according to the general histories
- Confidence
- low
General histories (it.wikipedia, fr.wikipedia); no source used here places each lineage on the ground for 1200
Overlord
Pisa's claimed overlordship; the northern sees (Mariana, Nebbio, Accia) are Genoa's suffragans since 1133.
What it holds
- The pievi of the Cismonte outside Cap Corse and Bonifacio, divided among several lineages (not mapped individually)
How it was acquired
Inheritance.
Allies and rivals
Divided between Pisan and Genoese friends; feuds among themselves.
Wealth
Chestnut woods, flocks, the plains of Mariana and Aléria (malarial and thinly farmed), the Balagne's olives and grain.
Military
Castles and kin followings.
Threats
- Feuds
- The Pisan and Genoese war
Where the sources disagree
- The brief names the lords of Loreto, the Cortinchi and the Amondaschi; we could not place them on the ground for 1200 from the sources available, so they are drawn as one block.
Evidence: No source used here gives these lineages' holdings in 1200.
On the map: The modern Haute-Corse stands for the Cismonte; this is a block of many lordships, not one.
Primary sources for Corsica
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 Genoa, by Caffaro and his continuators, with Ogerio Pane for 1197 to 1219, Ogerio Pane and the other official annalists of Genoa (year by year under the commune's authority; the 1197 to 1219 section by Ogerio Pane). The official record of the commune. Read online
Sources and studies
- Storia della Corsica (it.wikipedia)
- Histoire de la Corse (fr.wikipedia)
- Calvi (fr.wikipedia)
- Giovanni della Grossa (fr.wikipedia)
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.