Giudice of Arborea
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The Giudici) of Arborea were the local rulers of the west of Sardinia
during the Middle Ages
. Theirs was the longest-lasting giudicato, surviving as an independent state until the fifteenth century.
House of Doria
Sold to Crown of Aragon
. Following were titular rulers.
Sardinia
Sardinia is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea . It is an autonomous region of Italy, and the nearest land masses are the French island of Corsica, the Italian Peninsula, Sicily, Tunisia and the Spanish Balearic Islands.The name Sardinia is from the pre-Roman noun *sard[],...
during the Middle Ages
Middle Ages
The Middle Ages is a periodization of European history from the 5th century to the 15th century. The Middle Ages follows the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 and precedes the Early Modern Era. It is the middle period of a three-period division of Western history: Classic, Medieval and Modern...
. Theirs was the longest-lasting giudicato, surviving as an independent state until the fifteenth century.
House of Lacon Gunale
- Gonario IGonario I of TorresGonario I Comita was the first known Giudice of Logudoro and Arborea from perhaps as early as the late tenth century and as late as circa 1038...
(c. 1015 – c. 1038) - Barisone IBarisone I of TorresBarison I or Barisone I was the giudice of Arborea from around 1038 until about 1060 and then of Logudoro until his death sometime around 1073. He is the first ruler of Logudoro of whom we have any real knowledge. His whole policy was opposition to Pisa and support of monastic immigration from...
(c. 1038 – c. 1060) - Marianus IMarianus I of ArboreaMarianus I, known as Mariano de Zori, was an early Judge of Arborea. The exact date of his reign is unknown. Francisco de Vico, followed by José Pellicer, placed it in 1000–20 without any documentary evidence. Giovanni Francesco Fara, after analysing the documents, placed the reign of one unnamed...
(c. 1060 – c. 1070) - Orzocorre IOrzocorre I of ArboreaOrzocorre I was the Judge of Arborea from circa 1070 to circa 1100 and is the first ruler of Arborea about whom anything substantial is known. He was the founder of an Arborean dynasty which reigned until 1185...
(c. 1070 – c. 1100) - TorbenoTorbeno of ArboreaTorbeno or Turbino was the eldest son and successor of Orzocorre I as Judge of Arborea from about 1100 until his death.His mother was Nivata or Nibatta or Nivatora...
(c. 1100) - Orzocorre IIOrzocorre II of ArboreaOrzocorre II was the Judge of Arborea in Sardinia in the early twelfth century. He was the son and successor of Torbeno and Anna de Lacon....
(c. 1100 – c. 1122) - Comita I
House of Lacon Serra
- Gonario IIGonario II of ArboreaGonario or Gonnario II was the Guidici of Arborea circa 1116. He is know to have been a scion of the House of Serra and married Elena, the heiress of Comita I of the Lacon-Zori. He left behind a daughter, Elena, and a son, Constantine I....
- Constantine IConstantine I of ArboreaConstantine I was the giudice of Arborea. He was the son of Gonario II and Elena de Orrubu. The dates of his reign are unknown, but he was probably in power at the turn of the 12th century. It was probably dominated by wars between Genoa and Pisa which lasted from 1118 to 1133.Constantine...
(c1101 – 1131) - Comita IIComita II of ArboreaComita II was the giudice of the Giudicato of Arborea, from 1131 until his death. He was the son of Gonario, first ruler of Arborea of the Lacon dynasty. Married Elena de Orrubu, mother of Barison II of Arborea. The dating and chronology of his reign are obscure.Comita succeeded his elder...
(1131 – 1147) - Orzocorre III, co-ruler
- Barisone IIBarisone II of ArboreaBarison II or Barisone II was the giudice of Arborea, a kingdom of Sardinia, from 1146 to 1186. He was the son of Comita II and Elena de Orrubu. His reign was groundbreaking in Sardinian history...
(1147 – 1185) - Hugh IHugh I of ArboreaHugh I Giudici of Arborea from 1185 CE until his death in 1211 CE. Hugh was the son of Ispella di Serra and Hugh I of Bas. He was a grandson -through his mother- of Barisone II of Arborea...
(1185 – 1211), in opposition to Peter until 1192 - Peter IPeter I of ArboreaPeter I , of the Serra family, was the eldest son and successor of Barisone II of Arborea, reigning from 1186 to his death. His mother was Barisone's first wife, Pellegrina de Lacon...
(1185 – 1214), in opposition to Hugh until 1192 - Peter IIPeter II of ArboreaPeter II was the Giudice of Arborea from 1221 to his death. He was also Peter IV, Viscount of Bas. He was "pious and submissive to the church" and his extensive "donations of privileges and judicial lands impoverished his state of glory."Peter's father, Hugh I, of the Bas family, died in 1211...
(1211 – 1241), sole ruler from 1217 - Barisone III (1214 – 1217)
House of Bas Serra (Baux Serra)
- Marianus IIMarianus II of ArboreaMarianus II was the Giudici of Arborea from 1241 to his death. With skilled military action, he came to control more than half of the island of Sardinia...
(1241 – 1297)- William of CapraiaWilliam of CapraiaWilliam of Capraia was the regent for Marianus II of Arborea from 1241 until his death, being entitled "Judge" from 1250 on.- Biography:...
(1241 – 1264) - Nicholas of CapraiaNicholas of CapraiaNicholas of Capraia was the Judge of Arborea from 1264 to his assassination ten years later.Nicholas was the eldest son and successor of William of Capraia, who had usurped the judicial office of Arborea from Marianus II in 1255...
(1264 – 1274) - Anselm of CapraiaAnselm of CapraiaAnselm of Capraia was a Pisan count. His political activity extended from the Republic of Pisa to Sardinia.Anselm was the son of Berthold, brother of William and Anselm, all three of whom went to the court of Peter II of Arborea to be educated...
(1274 – 1287)
- William of Capraia
- JohnJohn of ArboreaJohn , nicknamed Chiano, was the Giudici of Arborea from 1297 to his death.He was the son and successor of Marianus II and reigned initially under the tutelage of Tosorat Uberti, a Pisan nobleman. Nino Visconti of Gallura having been deposed in 1288, John was the only judge and Arborea the only...
(1297 – 1304) - AndrewAndrew of ArboreaAndrew was the Giudici of Arborea from 1304.He was the elder of two illegitimate sons of John and Vera Cappai. He co-ruled with his brother Marianus III, but he had the supremacy and the title autocrator basileus...
(1304 – 1308) - Marianus IIIMarianus III of ArboreaMarianus III was the sole Giudici of Arborea from 1308 to his death. He co-ruled with his elder brother Andrew from the death of their father, John of Arborea, in 1304. Their mother was Vera Cappai, from which they took the family name Cappai de Bas...
(1308 – 1321) - Hugh IIHugh II of ArboreaHugh II was Giudice of Arborea, reigning from 1321 CE until his death in 1336 CE. He was the illegitimate son of Marianus III of Arborea and Paulesa de Serra....
(1321 – 1336) - Peter IIIPeter III of ArboreaPeter III, of the Cappai de Bas family, was the Giudice of Arborea, reigning from 1335 CE until his death in 1347 CE. He was the son and successor of Hugh II assumed the throne on his father's death....
(1336 – 1347) - Marianus IVMarianus IV of ArboreaMarianus IV , called the Great, was the Giudice of Arborea from 1347 to his death. He was, as his nickname indicates, the greatest sovereign of Arborea. He was a legislator and a warrior whose reign saw the commencement of massive codification of the laws of his realm and incessant warfare with the...
(1347 – 1376) - Hugh IIIHugh III of ArboreaHugh III was the eldest son and successor of Marianus IV of Arborea and Timbor of Rocabertí. He succeeded in 1376 as Giudice of Arborea and Count of Goceano. In most ways he continued and augmented the policies of his father...
(1376 – 1383)
House of DoriaDoriaDoria, originally de Auria , meaning "the sons of Auria", and then de Oria or d'Oria, is the name of an old and extremely wealthy Genoese family who played a major role in the history of the Republic of Genoa and in Italy, from the 12th century to the 16th century.-Origins:According to legend, a...
Bas (Doria Baux)
- FrederickFrederick of ArboreaFrederick was the Judge of Arborea from 1383 until his death. His surname was Doria Cappai de Baux, the last part being a corruption of Bas-Serra...
(1383 – 1387)- EleanorEleanor of ArboreaEleanor ; 1347 – 1404) was the giudicessa of Arborea from 1383 to her death. She was one of the last — and most powerful and significant — Sardinian judges; as well as the island's most renowned heroine....
(1383 – 1387), Regent first time
- Eleanor
- Marianus VMarianus V of ArboreaMarianus V was the Judge of Arborea from 1387 until his death. His surname was Doria Cappai de Baux, the last part being a corruption of Bas-Serra...
(1387 – 1407)- EleanorEleanor of ArboreaEleanor ; 1347 – 1404) was the giudicessa of Arborea from 1383 to her death. She was one of the last — and most powerful and significant — Sardinian judges; as well as the island's most renowned heroine....
(1387 – 1402), Regent second time
- Eleanor
House of Narbonne
- William (1407 – 1410)
- Brancaleone DoriaBrancaleone DoriaBrancaleone Doria was the husband of Eleanor of Arborea. He was a scion of an influential family of the Republic of Genoa, the son of the elder Brancaleone and a woman named Giacomina...
(1408 – 1409), regent
- Brancaleone Doria
Sold to Crown of Aragon
Crown of Aragon
The Crown of Aragon Corona d'Aragón Corona d'Aragó Corona Aragonum controlling a large portion of the present-day eastern Spain and southeastern France, as well as some of the major islands and mainland possessions stretching across the Mediterranean as far as Greece...
. Following were titular rulers.
- Leonard Cubell (regent: 1407 – 1408 and 1409 – 1410, giudice: 1410 – 1427), Margrave of Oristano and Count of Goceano
- Antonio Cubell (1427 – 1463), Margrave of Oristano and Count of Goceano
- Salvador Cubell (1463 – 1470), Margrave of Oristano and Count of Goceano
- Leonard de Alagona (1470, claimed the positions of Margrave of Oristano and Count of Goceano, raised a revolt
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- Rights passed to the House of Alagona, lords of SastagoSástagoSástago is a municipality located in the province of Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2004 census , the municipality has a population of 1,307 inhabitants....
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, whom the Aragonese deposed as result of the revolt.
- Rights passed to the House of Alagona, lords of Sastago