Hill village above the ruins of Roman Pollentia, between Asti, Alba and the Saluzzo plain.
Later in the year (18 May 1200, not yet) Boniface of Montferrat, at Bra, promises military aid to the local lords against Asti.
Who holds it
- Title
- Local lords
- Since
- not pinned
- Confidence
- low
DBI on Boniface of Montferrat for 18 May 1200.
Lord in 1200
Local lords whose names are not pinned, courted by Montferrat against Asti (Boniface promises them aid at Bra on 18 May 1200).
Overlord
Not pinned; in the diocese of Asti, between the reach of Asti and of Alba.
Allies and rivals
Montferrat; Asti and Alba.
How things stand that morning
Under its own lords, wooed by Montferrat and pressed by Asti.
Threats
- Asti
Walls and castle
Not pinned; Pollenzo's castle is attested only before 1238.
Trade and crafts
Market of the plain between the Stura and the Tanaro.
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.
- 18 May 1200Boniface of Montferrat at Bra promises the local lords military aid against Asti.Depends on: Asti's pressure. Stopped by: A settlement with Asti.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: One dated act.
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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Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.