Ripatransone is a hill castle above the Tesino and the Aso, made by joining four castles under a family called the Transone (Dransone), vassals of the Church of Fermo.
On 28 August 1198 Markward was besieging it, his last recorded act in the March before he went south; how the siege ended is not pinned, but the place was not his afterwards. It is not yet a city: its bishopric and city title come in 1571.
Who holds it
- Title
- Lords of Ripatransone (the Transone) under the Church of Fermo
- Since
- not pinned
- Confidence
- low
The Enciclopedia Italiana says the Church of Fermo held the place from the tenth to the twelfth century and granted it as a fief to a family called Dransone or Trasone, who joined four castles into the present town. Whether they still hold it in 1200 is not pinned. The Enciclopedia Italiana (Ancona) has Markward besieging it on 28 August 1198.
Lord in 1200
The Transone family as vassals of the Church of Fermo [thin].
Overlord
The Church of Fermo (the bishop), under the pope.
Allies and rivals
The Church of Fermo; besieged by Markward in 1198.
How things stand that morning
A fief of the Church of Fermo [thin].
Wealth
Farmland.
Military
Walls of the joined castles; withstood or survived Markward's siege of 1198.
Communities
Not documented.
Militia
The castle's men.
Walls and castle
Four joined castles on a ridge.
Trade and crafts
Farmland between the Aso and the Tesino.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Enciclopedia Italiana entries only.
On the map: Point only.
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.