Daily Medieval

The daughter of Theophylact I and Theodora , Marozia, was wedded to Alberic I of Spoleto in 909. Alberic's link to the counts of Tusculu...

The House of Theophylact (the counts of Tusculum) ruled Rome for four generations. A grandson of the founding Theophylact I was Alberic II o...

In 946, Rome was an independent republic ruled by Alberic II of Spoleto (and we'll be taking a closer look at his whole family soon), wh...

After the story of Gregorius  by Hartmann von Aue , I became curious if there ever was a pope who was the product of incest. The only pope I...