Ittocorre Gambella was the
regent
A regent (from Latin : ruling, governing) is a person appointed to govern a state '' pro tempore'' (Latin: 'for the time being') because the monarch is a minor, absent, incapacitated or unable to discharge the powers and duties of the monarchy ...
of the
Giudicato of Logudoro
The Judicate of Logudoro or Torres ( sc, Judicadu de Logudoro or ''Torres'', ''Rennu de Logudoro'' or ''Logu de Torres'') was a state in northwest Sardinia from the tenth through the thirteenth century. Its original capital was Porto Torres. The r ...
between 1127 and sometime before 1140.
When
Constantine I
Constantine I ( , ; la, Flavius Valerius Constantinus, ; ; 27 February 22 May 337), also known as Constantine the Great, was Roman emperor from AD 306 to 337, the first one to Constantine the Great and Christianity, convert to Christiani ...
died around 1127, he left his young son
Gonario II under the regency of Ittocorre. When the
Athen family
The Athen family was a noble family of Sardinia during the 11th and 12th centuries. It first appeared during the reign of Gonario I and was most prominent in the Giudicato of Logudoro.
In 1128, members of the Athen family, perhaps seeking to usu ...
tried to harm the young ruler, Ittocorre whisked him away to
Porto Torres
Porto Torres ( sdc, Posthudorra, sc, Portu Turre) is a comune and a city of the Province of Sassari in north-west of Sardinia, Italy. Founded during the 1st century BC as ''Colonia Iulia Turris Libisonis'', it was the first Roman colony of the ...
and the protection of the Pisans, who took him to
Pisa
Pisa ( , or ) is a city and ''comune'' in Tuscany, central Italy, straddling the Arno just before it empties into the Ligurian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa. Although Pisa is known worldwide for its leaning tower, the cit ...
and the house of
Ugo da Parlascio Ebriaco Ugo da Parlascio Ebriaco (died 30 May 1136) was a leading citizen in the
Republic of Pisa in the early twelfth century.
Sometime between 1113 and 1115, Ugo and Pietro Moriconi, Archbishop of Pisa,_led_a_successful_expedition_against_the_Balearic_I ...
.
Further reading
*Caravale, Mario (ed). ''Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani: LVII Giulini – Gonzaga''. Rome, 2001.
*Scano, D. "Serie cronol. dei giudici sardi." ''Arch. stor. sardo.'' 1939.
*Besta, E. and Somi, A. ''I condaghi di San Nicolas di Trullas e di Santa Maria di Bonarcado''. Milan, 1937.
*''Libellus iudicum Turritanorum''.
Judges (judikes) of Logudoro
Regents
12th-century Italian nobility
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