Sigifred of Lucca (also Sigefred, Siegfried) (died after 940) was a
Lombard nobleman and the progenitor of the
House of Canossa
The House of Canossa was an Italian noble family from Lucca holding the castle of Canossa, from the early tenth to the early twelfth century.
Sigifred of Lucca, Sigifred of Lucca built the castle at Canossa around 940. Adalbert Atto appears in Can ...
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Donizo
Donizo (also Domnizo, Donizone) of Canossa, was an Italian monk and author in the late eleventh and early twelfth centuries. His work is an important source on Matilda of Tuscany and her dynasty, and also on Gregorian Reform and the Investiture Co ...
, the 12th-century biographer of the Canossa dynasty, refers to Sigifred as coming from ‘the county of Lucca’ (''de comitatu Lucensis''). Little is known about Sigifred. Although he was from Lucca, he was probably not count of Lucca. He moved from
Tuscany
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Emilia-Romagna
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c.924-930 when
Hugh of Italy
Hugh (c. 880–947), known as Hugh of Arles or Hugh of Provence, was the king of Italy from 926 until his death. He belonged to the Bosonid family. During his reign, he empowered his relatives at the expense of the aristocracy and tried to estab ...
endowed him with lands around
Parma
Parma (; egl, Pärma, ) is a city in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna known for its architecture, music, art, prosciutto (ham), cheese and surrounding countryside. With a population of 198,292 inhabitants, Parma is the second mos ...
. Sigifred also gained control of lands around
Brescia
Brescia (, locally ; lmo, link=no, label= Lombard, Brèsa ; lat, Brixia; vec, Bressa) is a city and ''comune'' in the region of Lombardy, Northern Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, a few kilometers from the lakes Garda and Iseo ...
.
With his wife, whose identity is not known, Sigifred had at least three sons:
[ On Sigifred’s sons, see Donizo, ''Vita Mathildis'', I.1, vv. 114-119; Bertolini, ‘Note di genealogia,’ esp. pp. 110ff.]
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Adalbert Atto of Canossa
Adalbert Atto (or Adalberto Azzo) (died 13 February 988) was the first Count of Canossa and founder of that noble house which eventually was to play a determinant role in the political settling of Regnum Italicum and the Investiture Controversy ...
*Sigifred,
progenitor
In genealogy, the progenitor (rarer: primogenitor; german: Stammvater or ''Ahnherr'') is the – sometimes legendary – founder of a family, line of descent, clan or tribe, noble house, or ethnic group..
Ebenda''Ahnherr:''"Stammvater eines G ...
of the Baratti dynasty
*Gerard, progenitor of the Guiberti dynasty
References
*Donizo of Canossa, ''Vita Mathildis'' in ''Donizonis Vita Mathildis'', ed. L. Bethmann, MGH SS 12 (Hannover, 1856), pp. 348-409, accessible online at
Monumenta Germaniae Historica(in Latin)
*M. G. Bertolini, 'Note di genealogia e storia Canossiana,' in: ''I ceti dirigenti in Toscana nell'età precomunale, Atti del 1º Convegno di studi sulla storia dei ceti dirigenti in Toscana - Firenze - 2 dicembre 1978'', (Pisa, 1981), pp. 110-149.
*M.G. Bertolini, 'Adalberto Azzo di Canossa,' i
Dizionario Biografico degli ItalianiVolume 1 (1960)
See also
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Republic of Venice
The Republic of Venice ( vec, Repùblega de Venèsia) or Venetian Republic ( vec, Repùblega Vèneta, links=no), traditionally known as La Serenissima ( en, Most Serene Republic of Venice, italics=yes; vec, Serenìsima Repùblega de Venèsia, ...
, were ended the
Silk Road
The Silk Road () was a network of Eurasian trade routes active from the second century BCE until the mid-15th century. Spanning over 6,400 kilometers (4,000 miles), it played a central role in facilitating economic, cultural, political, and reli ...
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Charlemagne
Charlemagne ( , ) or Charles the Great ( la, Carolus Magnus; german: Karl der Große; 2 April 747 – 28 January 814), a member of the Carolingian dynasty, was King of the Franks from 768, King of the Lombards from 774, and the first Holy ...
, who banned
usury
Usury () is the practice of making unethical or immoral monetary loans that unfairly enrich the lender. The term may be used in a moral sense—condemning taking advantage of others' misfortunes—or in a legal sense, where an interest rate is ch ...
to the
Christian
Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρι ...
.
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Florence
Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilancio demografico an ...
, finance center of Europe Medieval Bankers with Venetian gold until 1440
Black Death
The Black Death (also known as the Pestilence, the Great Mortality or the Plague) was a bubonic plague pandemic occurring in Western Eurasia and North Africa from 1346 to 1353. It is the most fatal pandemic recorded in human history, causi ...
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Siegfried I, Herr von Canossa
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House of Canossa
10th-century Italian nobility
People from Lucca
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