Counts of Calepio

Who he is

Name

not pinned (Counts Vilfredo and Lanfranco of Calepio are named for the sales before 1191)

Title

counts of Calepio

Since

not pinned

Family

counts of Calepio

Confidence

low

Before the battle of Rudiano, Brescia bought from Counts Vilfredo and Lanfranco of Calepio their lands at Calepio, Sarnico, Merlo and Mezze on the west bank of the Oglio, one cause of the war (it.wikipedia, Battaglia di Rudiano). Henry VI's settlement of 8 December 1191 returned Sarnico, 'Moro' and Calepio to Bergamo. Whether the counts kept any lordship there under the commune in 1200 is not pinned.

Overlord

The commune of Bergamo, after the 1191 settlement.

What it holds

• The castle and district of Calepio [lordship in 1200 not pinned]

How it was acquired

Old comital rights in the Valcalepio [origin not pinned].

Allies and rivals

Between Bergamo and Brescia; they sold to Brescia before 1191.

How things stand that morning

Under Bergamo since the 1191 settlement.

Military

The castle of Calepio.

Threats

• both communes

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: Only the pre-1191 sale and the 1191 settlement.

On the map: Their 1200 lordship may be little more than lands and the castle.

Primary sources for Bergamo

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.

• 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
• The Lombard city annals of Piacenza, Milan, Cremona, Parma, Mantua and Verona (kept in the 12th and 13th centuries). The communes' own year lists. Read online