The giudici of Cagliari

Giudicato of Cagliari

The Giudicato of Cagliari was one of the four Sardinian giudicati of the Middle Ages. It covered the entire south and central east portion of the island and was composed of thirteen subdivisions called curatoriae. To its north and west lay Arborea and north and on the east lay Gallura and Logudoro...

were the local rulers of the south of Sardinia

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

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. Theirs was the largest giudicato and for the eleventh through twelfth centuries contested the supremacy on the island with that of Logudoro. It was often an ally of the Republic of Pisa

Republic of Pisa

The Republic of Pisa was a de facto independent state centered on the Tuscan city of Pisa during the late tenth and eleventh centuries. It rose to become an economic powerhouse, a commercial center whose merchants dominated Mediterranean and Italian trade for a century before being surpassed and...

 and an early supporter of Western monasticism.

The first, native dynasty originated from two clans, the Salusio de Lacon (Salusius, rarely Salucio) and the Torchitorio de Ugunale (Torcotorius). In honour of those two names, dynasts — and later their successors, the houses of Torres

Porto Torres

Porto Torres is a comune and city in northern Sardinia, in the Province of Sassari.It is situated on the north coast about 25 km east of the Gorditanian promontory , and on the spacious bay of the Gulf of Asinara.-History:...

 (1163) and Massa

Massa

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 (1188) — traditionally adopted a regnal name, alternating between Salusio and Torchitorio.

Since the 9th century, the capital was Santa Igia

Santa Igia

Santa Igia was a city in Sardinia, in what is now Italy, which existed from the 9th century AD to 1258, when it was destroyed by the Pisane troops...

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List of giudici

• ???? – 1058 Salusio I (Marianus I)
• 1058 – 1089 Torchitorio I
  Torchitorio I of Cagliari
  Orzocorre Torchitorio I was the Judge of Cagliari from about 1058 to his death. At his time, the throne was customarily alternated between the Torchitorio de Ugunale and Salusio de Lacon families...
  
   (Orzocorre)
• 1089 – 1102 Salusio II
  Constantine I of Cagliari
  Constantine I was the giudice of Cagliari. He was the son of the giudice Orzocco Torchitorio and giudicessa Vera. In the eleventh century, the throne of Cagliari traditionally passed between the houses of Torchitorio de Ugunale and Salusio de Lacon. Constantine took the name Salusio II upon his...
  
   (Constantine I)
• 1102 – 1130 Torchitorio II
  Torchitorio II of Cagliari
  Torchitorio II , also known by his birth name as Marianus II and surnamed de Unali, was the Judge of Cagliari from circa 1102 to his death, but initially with opposition....
  
   (Marianus II)
• 1130 – 1163 Salusio III
  Constantine II of Cagliari
  Constantine II was the giudice of Cagliari . He was called de Pluminus after his capital city....
  
   (Constantine II)
• 1163 – 1188 Torchitorio III
  Torchitorio III of Cagliari
  Torchitorio III , born Peter, was the Judge of Cagliari from October 1163 to his deposition and arrest in 1188, after which he was never heard of again....
  
   (Peter)
• 1188 – 1214 Salusio IV
  William I of Cagliari
  William I was the giudice of Cagliari from 1188 to his death.William was one of the greatest of medieval Sardinian giudici...
  
   (William I)
• 1214 – 1232 Benedetta
  Benedetta of Cagliari
  Benedetta was the daughter and heiress of William I of Cagliari and Adelasia, daughter of Moroello Malaspina. She succeeded her father in January or February 1214....
  
  
• 1214 – 1217 Torchitorio IV (Barisone II)
• 1232 – 1250 Salusio V
  William II of Cagliari
  William II Salusio V was the Judge of Cagliari from 1232 to his death. His Christian name was William, but his regnal name was Salusio, based on ancient Cagliaritan traditions which alternated their rulers between the forenames Torchitorio and Salusio...
  
   (William II)
• 1250 – 1256 Torchitorio V (John)
• 1256 – 1258 Salusio VI
  William III of Cagliari
  William III, of the House of Massa, was the last Judge of Cagliari, ruling under the name Salusio VI from 1256 to his deposition in 1258. He is known also known as Guglielmo Cepolla or Cipolla....
  
   (William III)

Partitioned between Pisa

Republic of Pisa

The Republic of Pisa was a de facto independent state centered on the Tuscan city of Pisa during the late tenth and eleventh centuries. It rose to become an economic powerhouse, a commercial center whose merchants dominated Mediterranean and Italian trade for a century before being surpassed and...

 , the Gherardeschi, Arborea, and Gallura

Giudicato of Gallura

The Giudicato of Gallura was one of four Sardinian giudicati of the Middle Ages. These were de facto independent states ruled by judges bearing the title iudex . Gallura, a name which comes from gallus, meaning rooster , was subdivided into ten curatoriae governed by curatores under the judge...

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