Montauto

Who he is

Name

Ranieri son of Ardengo di Montauto, with his brother Bernardo

Title

Count of Montauto and Galbino

Since

by 1187 (Frederick I's privilege); confirmed by Henry VI in 1196

Family

Barbolani di Montauto

Confidence

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it.wikipedia (Barbolani di Montauto): in 1170 Ranieri Barbolani reunited the lines and holdings of Galbino and Montauto; in 1187 Ranieri son of Ardengo di Montauto received a privilege from Frederick I and was listed as a count with his brother Bernardo among the great lords of the Tuscan court; Henry VI confirmed it in 1196, Otto IV in 1210 and Frederick II in 1220. That Ranieri is still alive and head of the house on 1 January 1200 is likely but not pinned.

Overlord

The Empire (privileges of 1187 and 1196).

What it holds

• Montauto on Monte Acuto
• Galbino
• Old rights round Anghiari and Caprese (extent in 1200 not pinned)

How it was acquired

Old comital lineage; lines reunited by Ranieri in 1170; imperial privileges 1187 and 1196.

Allies and rivals

Neighbours: Arezzo and its bishop, the Camaldolese at Anghiari, Borgo San Sepolcro, Città di Castello. Relations in 1200 not pinned.

How things stand that morning

Holding Montauto and Galbino under Henry VI's confirmation of 1196.

Wealth

Castles, woods and pasture over the Tiber valley road.

Military

Hill castles.

Threats

• Arezzo's and Città di Castello's expansion

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. 1200No dated event known.Depends on: nothing Stopped by: nothing

Places of note

• Montauto: Barbolani castle on Monte Acuto

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: Privileges dated; the 1200 head assumed from 1187 and 1196.

On the map: A disc round the castle; coordinates approximate.

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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