Counts · Kingdom of Sicily under the regency · as at first light, 1 January 1200

Tricarico

The county of Tricarico holds the hill country between the Basento and the Bradano in the heart of the Basilicata, with the bishop's town of Tricarico, its Norman tower and its old Arab quarters, and a constabulary of knights' fiefs reaching toward Potenza (Pietragalla, Abriola, Picerno) and the Dolomiti Lucane (Castelmezzano).

It came to the Sanseverino kin in the 1150s and a count of Tricarico still rebels with the Sanseverino in 1223; the count on 1 January 1200 is not pinned.

Who he is

Title
Count of Tricarico
Since
Not pinned
Family
The county passed to the Sanseverino family early in William I's reign (FMG); the holder's line in 1200 is not pinned
Confidence
low

FMG: a Count Goffredo of Tricarico is named in 1143; the county passed to the Sanseverino early in William I's reign; Count Roger of Tricarico, whom Hugo Falcandus places at Messina with his father Count Robert, is listed by Romuald of Salerno among the rebels against the admiral Maio (1160); the Catalogus Baronum (1168) lists the county's constabulary. In 1223 Richard of San Germano names a son of the count of Tricarico among rebels in Sicily, and the Book of Fees has a count of Tricarico captured there with Giacomo di Sanseverino. No count is named between 1168 and 1223 in the sources checked.

Overlord

The king, under the regency

What it holds

  • Tricarico, its castle tower and walls; the bishop of Tricarico (under Acerenza) sits in the town
  • The constabulary of the county in the Catalogus Baronum (1168): Albano, Pietragalla, San Giuliano and others, and a second group with Abriola, Armento, Picerno and Castelmezzano (FMG)

How it was acquired

A Norman county by 1143; to the Sanseverino early in William I's reign (FMG). Later descent not pinned.

Allies and rivals

Neighbours: the archbishop of Acerenza and the town of Potenza to the north-west, the county of Montescaglioso and Matera to the east, Marsico to the south-west. Kin links to the Sanseverino of the Principato (cam's records) if the line held.

How things stand that morning

Ground of the regency (realm sicily); no fighting recorded here that winter. The count's name and side are not pinned.

Wealth

Grain and pasture of the Basento and Bradano hills; sheep on the routes to the Ionian plain.

Military

The castle of Tricarico and the castles of the constabulary; knight service to the crown. No figures.

Threats

  • Not pinned

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 for this lordship was found for 1200.Depends on: Nothing in play. Stopped by: Nothing in play.

Places of note

  • Tricarico: County seat and bishop's see

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: Known from the Catalogus Baronum and narrative mentions of 1143, 1160 and 1223 (via FMG); no count is named for the 1190s or 1200.

On the map: The core round Tricarico only; the constabulary of 1168 was a scatter of knights' fiefs, and the 1200 extent is not documented.

Primary sources for Sicily

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.

7 more in the sources library for Southern Italy and the Islands.

Sources and studies

  1. Neapolitan nobility, FMG Medieval Lands

Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.