Cunio

Who he is

Name

Rainiero (son of Rainiero II), and his kinsman Guido

Title

Counts

Since

not pinned

Born

not pinned

Family

Rainiero II and Guido di Cunio fought at Legnano (29 May 1176); Rainiero, son of Rainiero II, became a citizen of Imola in 1186; Guido's son Rainiero (III) appears in 1218.

Confidence

low

Italian Wikipedia (Conti di Cunio). Which of them heads the family on 1 January 1200 is not pinned.

Overlord

The emperor: Barbarossa recognised them as his vassals.

What it holds

• The castle of Cunio south of Cotignola
• Barbiano, Donigallia, Zagonara and Cotignola (confirmed to them in 1231; their hold in 1200 not pinned)

How it was acquired

Inherited; imperial vassalage under Barbarossa.

Allies and rivals

Allies: Imola and the emperor. Rivals: Faenza, the Traversari, the church of Ravenna over Lugo.

How things stand that morning

Imperial counts under no commune, citizens of Imola. Allegiance: Imola (in the communes realm), on the imperial side.

Wealth

Farmland of the plain; river crossings of the Senio and Lamone.

Military

The castle of Cunio and their knights; service with Imola.

Threats

• Faenza
• The church of Ravenna and the papal legates over Lugo

What the year holds

What happened next, if nothing in play changes it. Each event carries what it depends on and what would stop it.

1. 1218With Faenza they take and destroy the archbishop's new castle at Lugo and become its masters in fact.Depends on: A turn toward Faenza. Stopped by: Not a 1200 event.

Places of note

• Castle of Cunio: The castle lay a few km south of Cotignola (razed in 1296)

Where the sources disagree

• The date of the papal legate's recovery of the Lugo and San Paolo massae differs: 1198 (Lugo article) or 1190 (Conti di Cunio article).

Evidence: One family article, with few dated acts near 1200.

On the map: Drawn from their 1231 possessions.

Primary sources for Empire

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 Marbach (compiled to 1238, the section on 1198 to 1210 written in the early 13th century). Alsatian annals on the Staufen side of the Upper Rhine. Read online
• Annals of Reiner of Saint James, Liège, Reiner of Liège (1197 to 1230, kept year by year). Contemporary annals kept inside Liège. 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 Otto of St Blasien, Otto of St Blasien (about 1209 to 1210). A Swabian continuation of Otto of Freising written from the Staufen side. Read online
• Chronicle of Reinhardsbrunn; Chronicle of St Peter's, Erfurt (Erfurt chronicle in the 13th century; Reinhardsbrunn compilation about 1340 to 1349 from older annals). The two Thuringian chronicles. Read online
• Chronicle of the Slavs, by Arnold of Lübeck, Arnold of Lübeck (about 1209 to 1210). Arnold continues Helmold and writes from Lübeck, close to Danish, Welf and Baltic affairs. Read online
• Royal Chronicle of Cologne (in stages from about 1175 to about 1250; the section on 1198 to 1220 written soon after the events). The fullest German narrative of the throne war from the Welf and Cologne side. Read online
• Chronicle of Hainaut, Gislebert of Mons (about 1195 to 1196). Ends in 1195, so it has no 1200 entries, but it is the indispensable background for Flanders and Hainaut: the career of Count Baldwin V of Hainaut (VIII of Flanders), his union of the two counties, the settlement with Philip over Artois, the rights, castles, fiefs and vassals of Hainaut listed by a man who ran its chancery, and the youth of Baldwin IX, who held both counties in 1200. Read online

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