Fondi

Who holds it

Name

Richard of Aquila

Title

Count of Fondi

Since

By 1186

Confidence

high

See Fondi.

Lord in 1200

Count Richard of Aquila, Diepold's ally (see Fondi).

Overlord

The king.

How things stand that morning

Held by the count for Diepold's side.

Militia

The count's men.

Walls and castle

The count's castle and the Roman grid of walls.

Trade and crafts

The Via Appia; the lake's fisheries; citrus and olives of the plain.

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: See Fondi.

Primary sources for Diepold's Germans

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 Montecassino; Annals of Ceccano (Fossanova) (12th and early 13th centuries; Ceccano to 1217). Two sets of annals from either side of the papal and Sicilian frontier. Read online
• Chronicle of Richard of San Germano, Richard of San Germano (first version about 1216, enlarged to 1243). The fullest southern narrative of the Hohenstaufen kingdom, written by a notary on the border of the Terra di Lavoro. Read online
• Chronicle of Sicard, bishop of Cremona, Sicard of Cremona (about 1210 to 1213). A universal chronicle whose last part is a well-placed eyewitness account by a Lombard bishop who served emperors and popes. Read online
• The Deeds of Innocent III, Anonymous (a curial official, perhaps Peter of Benevento) (about 1208 to 1209). The curia's own account of the pontificate's first decade, with letters copied in. Read online
• Book in honour of the Emperor, or On Sicilian affairs, Peter of Eboli (1195 to 1197). An illustrated verse account of Henry VI's conquest of Sicily, preserved in a single manuscript made at the imperial court. Read online