Lupi

Who he is

Name

Guido Lupi

Title

Lord of Soragna

Since

1198

Born

not pinned

Family

Lupi; the division of 1198 with the Pallavicino suggests kinship (it.wikipedia says probably an inheritance split)

Confidence

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it.wikipedia (Soragna): in 1198 the fief was divided in two, probably for inheritance reasons; the left bank of the Stirone with the borgo of Soragna went to the Lupi and Guido Lupi began rebuilding the castle (the Castrum Novus) that year.

Overlord

The emperor, by the fief divided in 1198; the Lupi are later counted among Parma's great families.

What it holds

• Soragna: the borgo and its castle (being rebuilt from 1198) on the left bank of the Stirone

How it was acquired

Division of the fief of Soragna in 1198.

Allies and rivals

Neighbours and probably kin of the Pallavicino; their ties to the commune of Parma in 1199 are not pinned.

How things stand that morning

Guido Lupi holds Soragna and is rebuilding its castle, on the edge of the Parma and Piacenza war zone.

Wealth

The farms and mills of the Stirone plain.

Military

One castle under rebuilding; no figures.

Threats

• The Parma and Piacenza war fought around Borgo San Donnino, a few kilometres away

Places of note

• Castle of Soragna: The Castrum Novus, rebuilt by Guido Lupi from 1198

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: One Wikipedia account of the 1198 division; the family's earlier history and political ties were not checked.

On the map: The modern comune of Soragna includes the Pallavicino's right-bank share; drawn whole for the Lupi.

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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