Old marquises of Arduinic blood holding scattered castles on the plain south of Turin, among them Virle, Pancalieri and Casalgrasso, with Carignano and Pollenzo later counted among their fiefs.
Their position in 1200 is not documented in the sources consulted.
Who he is
- Name
- Not pinned: no member of the house alive on 1 January 1200 is named in the sources consulted
- Title
- Marquises of Romagnano
- Since
- not pinned
- Born
- not pinned
- Family
- A secondary branch of the Arduinici, the old marquises of Turin of the line of Olderico Manfredi, gradually pushed out of the march of Turin. The name comes either from a Novarese fief or from a lost castle near Chieri.
- Confidence
- low
it.wikipedia Romagnano (famiglia).
Overlord
The emperor; the bishop of Turin and Savoy compete for overlordship on the plain south of Turin.
What it holds
- Virle, Pancalieri, Casalgrasso (later core; held in 1200 not pinned)
- Carignano (an old fief of the house; the France map counts it among Savoy's Piedmont claims)
- Frossasco, Revigliasco, Castel Rainero (named with the date 1163 in it.wikipedia)
How it was acquired
Arduinic inheritance.
Allies and rivals
Not pinned; neighbours are Saluzzo (Carmagnola), the bishop of Turin, Savoy and Chieri.
Wealth
Plain farming and Po crossings.
Military
Castles; no figures.
Threats
- Savoy and the bishop of Turin
- Saluzzo's expansion toward Carmagnola and Racconigi
Places of note
- Virle: Later seat of the house.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Only the house's origin and its later fiefs are known from the source used.
On the map: Very rough; the house's holdings in 1200 are not documented here.
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
8 more in the sources library for The Rhineland, the Low Countries and the Swiss Lands.
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.