A walled town under Monte Ingino, whose bishop Ubaldo (died 1160) is remembered for saving it from a league of towns led by Perugia (1151, by the town's tradition).
Barbarossa and Henry VI favoured it with privileges; in 1184 it made its peace with Perugia and came into Perugia's orbit. It governs one of the widest mountain contadi of Umbria, along the Apennine road from the Tiber to the Adriatic, and disputes Gualdo with Perugia.
Who holds it
- Name
- Consuls (names not pinned)
- Title
- The commune
- Confidence
- low
Lord in 1200
The commune of Gubbio, self-governing in the Apennine valley between Perugia and the March, allied to Perugia since 1184; the pope's hold here is nominal.
Allies and rivals
Ally of Perugia (1184); rival for Gualdo; neighbour of the March towns.
How things stand that morning
Self-governing; no war pinned for that winter. Across the borders: Città di Castello north-west, Cagli and the Montefeltro March north and north-east (anc and the Northern Italy map), Gualdo and Nocera south-east, Perugia south-west.
Wealth
Mountain pastures and the cross-Apennine road.
Military
Walls and mountain castles. No figures.
Threats
- Perugia's overlordship
- Neighbours in the March
Charter
Imperial privileges of the later twelfth century (dates not pinned here).
Council
Consuls (names not pinned).
Militia
Town levy and mountain castles (no figures).
Walls and castle
Walls on the mountainside.
Trade and crafts
The Flaminia's Scheggia pass; wool and pasture; stone.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: The 1184 link to Perugia is from the Enciclopedia Italiana (Perugia); its relation to the pope in 1200 is not pinned.
On the map: The huge modern comune of Gubbio with Scheggia is close to the medieval contado; Cantiano and Costacciaro are left to the anchors.
Primary sources for Papal State
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 Alberic of Trois-Fontaines, Alberic of Trois-Fontaines (about 1227 to 1241, at the Cistercian abbey of Trois-Fontaines in Champagne). The widest net of any Latin chronicle for 1200, compiled from dozens of sources, many now lost. Read online
- Chronicle of Andres, William of Andres (about 1220 to 1234). The chronicle and cartulary of a small abbey between Guines and Ardres, near the border of Flanders and Boulogne. 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 Robert of Auxerre, Robert of Auxerre (Robert of Saint-Marien) (about 1190 to 1211; continued at Saint-Marien to 1227). A universal chronicle whose last twenty years are contemporary and well informed from Burgundy and the Auxerrois. Read online
- Chronicle of Roger of Howden, Roger of Howden (about 1192 to 1201). The fullest single narrative for the year. 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
12 more in the sources library for Southern Italy and the Islands.
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.