Counts of the central Canavese between the Orco and the Dora Baltea, with San Martino, Agliè and Castellamonte among their later castles.
Rivals of the Valperga. Their position in 1200 is not documented in the sources consulted.
Who he is
- Name
- Not pinned: the counts alive on 1 January 1200 are not named in the sources consulted
- Title
- Counts of San Martino (a consortium of kinsmen)
- Since
- not pinned
- Born
- not pinned
- Family
- The third Canavese comital consortium, of the same stock as the Valperga and Masino (genealogies make them descend from Ardizzone of Pombia); they had split from the common patrimony before 1222.
- Confidence
- low
it.wikipedia Valperga (famiglia) and Conti del Canavese.
Overlord
The emperor; the bishop of Ivrea for church fiefs.
What it holds
- San Martino Canavese
- Agliè and Castellamonte (later branches; held in 1200 not pinned)
- Rights over Cuorgne, disputed with the Valperga
How it was acquired
Inherited Canavese comital rights.
Allies and rivals
Rivals of the Valperga; later Guelf and Savoy-leaning (later centuries; not pinned for 1200).
Wealth
Farming and dues of the central Canavese.
Military
Castles; no figures.
Threats
- The Valperga
- Ivrea and Vercelli
Places of note
- San Martino Canavese: Name-seat of the counts.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Origin and rivalry only.
On the map: Very rough.
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.