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Adelasia (1207 – 1259), eldest child of Marianus II of Logudoro
Marianus II of Torres

Marianus II was the Judge of Logudoro from 1218 until his death. He was an ally of the Republic of Genoa and enemy of Republic of Pisa.He was a son of Comita III of Torres, who associated him with the government of Logudoro as early as 1203....
 by Agnes of Massa, daughter of William I of Cagliari
William I of Cagliari

William I was the Giudicato of Cagliari from 1188 to his death.William was one of the greatest of Middle Ages Sardinian Giudicati . He was a military man, assisting his father in the conquest of Cagliari, accompanying his archbishop on the Third Crusade, and defeating the Visconti in a civil war....
, and successor of her brother, Barisone III
Barisone III of Torres

Barisone III was briefly the Judge of Logudoro from 1232 until his death. He was the only son of Marianus II of Torres, whom he succeeded.The nobility opposed to the Visconti family chose Orzocco de Serra as regent....
, in 1236, was the Judge of Logudoro
Giudice of Logudoro

The giudici of Giudicato of Logudoro were the local rulers of the locum de Torres or region around Porto Torres, the chief northern port of Sardinia, during the Middle Ages.*Gonario I of Torres ...
 from 1236 and Judge of Gallura
Giudice of Gallura

The giudici of Giudicato of Gallura were the local rulers of the northeast of Sardinia during the Middle Ages. Theirs was the closest giudicato to Corsica....
 from 1238.

By a pact signed between her father, who had interests in 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 ....
, and Gallurese judge, the Pisa
Pisa

Pisa is a city in Tuscany, central Italy, on the right bank of the mouth of the Arno River on the Ligurian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa....
n Lamberto Visconti in November 1218, Adelasia first married the heir of Gallura, Lamberto's son Ubaldo II
Ubaldo of Gallura

Ubaldo II Visconti, son of Lamberto di Eldizio and Elena of Gallura, was the Giudice of Gallura from 1225 to his death in 1238. He ruled every giudicato on the island of Sardinia at one point or another save Giudicato of Arborea....
 in 1219. Pope Honorius III
Pope Honorius III

Pope Honorius III , born Cencio, was Pope from 1216 to 1227....
, enemy of the Pisans, immediately sent his chaplain Bartolomeo to annul the marriage, but he failed and the pact between Pisa and Logudoro stood.

Ubaldo inherited the Giudicato of 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 ....
 in 1225.






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Adelasia (1207 – 1259), eldest child of Marianus II of Logudoro
Marianus II of Torres

Marianus II was the Judge of Logudoro from 1218 until his death. He was an ally of the Republic of Genoa and enemy of Republic of Pisa.He was a son of Comita III of Torres, who associated him with the government of Logudoro as early as 1203....
 by Agnes of Massa, daughter of William I of Cagliari
William I of Cagliari

William I was the Giudicato of Cagliari from 1188 to his death.William was one of the greatest of Middle Ages Sardinian Giudicati . He was a military man, assisting his father in the conquest of Cagliari, accompanying his archbishop on the Third Crusade, and defeating the Visconti in a civil war....
, and successor of her brother, Barisone III
Barisone III of Torres

Barisone III was briefly the Judge of Logudoro from 1232 until his death. He was the only son of Marianus II of Torres, whom he succeeded.The nobility opposed to the Visconti family chose Orzocco de Serra as regent....
, in 1236, was the Judge of Logudoro
Giudice of Logudoro

The giudici of Giudicato of Logudoro were the local rulers of the locum de Torres or region around Porto Torres, the chief northern port of Sardinia, during the Middle Ages.*Gonario I of Torres ...
 from 1236 and Judge of Gallura
Giudice of Gallura

The giudici of Giudicato of Gallura were the local rulers of the northeast of Sardinia during the Middle Ages. Theirs was the closest giudicato to Corsica....
 from 1238.

By a pact signed between her father, who had interests in 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 ....
, and Gallurese judge, the Pisa
Pisa

Pisa is a city in Tuscany, central Italy, on the right bank of the mouth of the Arno River on the Ligurian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa....
n Lamberto Visconti in November 1218, Adelasia first married the heir of Gallura, Lamberto's son Ubaldo II
Ubaldo of Gallura

Ubaldo II Visconti, son of Lamberto di Eldizio and Elena of Gallura, was the Giudice of Gallura from 1225 to his death in 1238. He ruled every giudicato on the island of Sardinia at one point or another save Giudicato of Arborea....
 in 1219. Pope Honorius III
Pope Honorius III

Pope Honorius III , born Cencio, was Pope from 1216 to 1227....
, enemy of the Pisans, immediately sent his chaplain Bartolomeo to annul the marriage, but he failed and the pact between Pisa and Logudoro stood.

Ubaldo inherited the Giudicato of 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 ....
 in 1225. Marianus died in 1232 and, by his will, was succeeded by his son Barisone III. Upon Barisone's death (1236) without heirs, also as stipulated by Marianus' will, the Logudorese magnates elected one of his daughters, Adelasia or Benedetta, to inherit. They unanimously acclaimed Adelasia, whose husband could well uphold her right. So they in turn elected him judge as well. In 1237, Pope Gregory IX
Pope Gregory IX

Pope Gregory IX, born Ugolino di Conti, was pope from March 19, 1227 to August 22, 1241.The successor of Pope Honorius III , he fully inherited the traditions of Pope Gregory VII and of his uncle Pope Innocent III , and zealously continued their policy of Papal supremacy....
 sent his chaplain Alexander to Torres to receive recognition from Adelasia of papal suzerainty over Logudoro, as well as the lands she inherited from her grandfather William of Cagliari, in Pisa, Massa
Massa

Massa is a town and comune in Tuscany, central Italy, the administrative centre of the province of Massa-Carrara. It is located in the Frigido River Valley, near the Alpi Apuane, some 5 kilometers from the Tyrrhenian Sea....
, and Corsica
Corsica

Corsica is the Mediterranean islands#By area in the Mediterranean Sea . It is located west of Italy, southeast of the France mainland, and north of the island of Sardinia....
. At the palace of Ardara
Ardara

Ardara is a small town in Donegal, Republic of Ireland. It is located on the Roads in Ireland road.Ardara is a small town with a population of 578 ....
, in the presence of the Camaldolese
Camaldolese

The Camaldolese are part of the Benedictine family of monastic communities which follow the way of life outlined in the Rule of St. Benedict, written in the 6th century....
 abbot and monks of S. Trinità di Saccargia, she made the oath of vassalage and Ubaldo affirmed it, giving over the castle of Monte Acuto to the bishop of Ampurias as a guarantee of his good faith. Ubaldo did not, however, recognise any authority over Gallura other than the ancient authority of the Pisan archdiocese.

By Ubaldo's will, drawn up in January 1237 at Silki
Silki

Silki [] was a Volga Bulgaria ruler . Silki provided a policy of unification of Bolgar tribes....
, Gallura was to be inherited by his cousin John Visconti
John of Gallura

John Visconti was the Judge of Gallura from 1238 to his death. He was a member of the Visconti dynasty of Pisa.John was the son of Ubaldo I Visconti and cousin of Ubaldo of Gallura....
. Peter II of Arborea
Peter II of Arborea

Peter 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."...
 became Adelasia's protector. She remarried quickly to Guelfo dei Porcari, a person devoted to the Holy See. He did not live long after, though. At that time, the Doria
Doria

Doria, originally de Auria , meaning "the sons of Auria", and then de Oria or d'Oria, is the name of an old and extremely wealthy Genoa family who played a major role in the history of the Republic of Genoa from the 12th century to the 16th century....
 family of Genoa
Genoa

Genoa is a city and an important seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria. The city has a population of about 610,000 and the urban area has a population of about 900,000....
, Pisa's main rival, convinced the Emperor Frederick II to marry his bastard son Enzo
Enzio of Sardinia

Enzio or Enzo was an illegitimate son of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Sardinia....
 to Adelasia and create a Kingdom of Sardinia
Kingdom of Sardinia

Kingdom of Sardinia, also known as Piedmont-Sardinia or Sardinia-Piedmont, was the name given to the possessions of the House of Savoy in 1720, when the island of Sardinia was awarded by the Treaty of London to Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia to compensate him for the loss of Sicily to Austrian Empire....
. Enzo arrived from Cremona
Cremona

Cremona is a city in northern Italy, situated in Lombardy, on the left shore of the Po River in the middle of the Pianura Padana . It is the capital of the province of Cremona and the seat of the local City and Province governments....
 in October the same year as Ubaldo's death and the two were married and titled King and Queen of Sardinia. Enzo left for the peninsula in July 1239 and never returned, being taken prisoner by the Guelphs
Guelphs and Ghibellines

The Guelphs and Ghibellines were Political factions supporting, respectively, the Pope and the Holy Roman Emperor in central and northern Italy during the 12th and 13th centuries....
, an imprisonment which was to prove lifelong. In 1245 or 1246, the marriage was annulled.

After this date, Adelasia, saddened and tired of active government and retired to her castle of Goceano. She died in 1259, without heirs, and her territory was divided amongst the Doria, Malaspina
Malaspina

Malaspina can refer to:People*The Italian noble Malaspina family. Members of this family include:*Alessandro Malaspina, Spanish-Italian explorer...
, and Spinola
Spinola

Spinola may refer to:* Father Charles Spinola , Italian Jesuit missionary to Japan* Agust?n Cardinal Sp?nola Basadone , Archbishop of Seville...
 families, who all held it from Genoa. The neighbourging Giudicato of Arborea succeeded in taking some land. Sassari
Sassari

Sassari , is a town in the province of Sassari in Sardinia, Italy. The second-largest town on the island in terms of population, Sassari is one of the most ancient Sardinian towns, and contains a considerable collection of Sardinian art....
 expelled its Pisan governor with the support of the Doria, refortified its defences, and adopted a republican model of government in alliance with Genoa, which sent an annual podestà
Podestà

Podest? is the name given to certain high officials in many Italy cities, since the later Middle Ages, mainly as Chief magistrate of a city state , but also as a local administrator, the representative of the Emperor....
.

Sources

  • Ferrabino, Aldo (ed). Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani: I Aaron – Albertucci. Rome
    Rome

    Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....
    , 1960.