Azzo VI (Italian: Arco; 1170 – November 1212), known as Azzolino, was the Marquis of Este (marchio Eystensis) from the death of his father, Azzo V, in 1190 until his death. Italian ( or lingua italiana) is a Romance language spoken by about 63 million people as a First language, primarily in Italy. "Este" redirects here For the city see Este Italy. For Tolkien's fictional character see Estë. He was heavily involved in the Guelph politics of Lombardy in the first decade of the 13th century, serving as podestà of Ferrara (1196, 1205, and 1208), Padua (1199), Verona (1206–1207), and Mantua (1207–1208 and 1210–1211). The Guelphs and Ghibellines were factions supporting respectively the Papacy and the Holy Roman Empire in central and northern Italy Lombardy (Lombardia Latin: Langobardia, Western Lombard: Lumbardìa, Eastern Lombard: Lombardia) is one of the For information on the phantom island of the same name see Podesta (island. Ferrara is a city in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, capital city of the Province of Ferrara. Padua ( Padova 'padova Latin: Patavium, Padoa) is a city in the Veneto, northern Italy. Verona is a city and provincial capital in Veneto, Northern Italy. Mantua (Màntova in the local dialect of Lombard language Mantua is a city in Lombardy, Italy and capital of the province of the On 20 January 1210 he was created Marquis of Ancona and Count of Loreto by the Emperor Otto IV. Events 250 - Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. The March of Ancona or marca Anconitana (also Anconetana) was a frontier march centred on the city of Macerata in the Otto IV of Brunswick (1175 or 1176 – May 19, 1218) was one of two rival kings of the Holy Roman Empire from 1198 on sole king from 1208 on and emperor On 10 May 1212 this was reaffirmed by Pope Innocent III. Events 1291 - Scottish Nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England. Pope Innocent III ( February 22, 1161 &ndash June 16, 1216) born Lotario de' Conti di Segni, was Pope from January
In his capacity as a leading Guelph condottiero. Condottieri (singular condottiero, rarely condottiero) were Mercenary leaders employed by the Italian City-states from the Late Middle He fought a prolonged war with Salinguerra Torelli. In 1205 he conquered and razed the castle of Frotta, residence of Salinguerra. His opponent responded by allying with Ezzelino II da Romano and drove Azzo away, but the next year (1206) he had reconquered Frotta and held it until 1209. Ezzelino da Romano was the name of various seignors of fiefs and cities in northern Italy starting from the 12th century AD
Azzo's court was a cultural centre in northern Italy, drawing poets and artists from afar. He played host and patron to the troubadours Aimeric de Peguilhan, Peire Raimon de Tolosa, and Rambertino Buvalelli. A troubadour ( IPA:, originally) was a composer and performer of Occitan Lyric poetry during the High Middle Ages (1100&ndash1350 Aimeric or Aimery de Peguilhan, Peguillan, or Pégulhan (c 1170 &ndash c Peire Raimon de Tolosa or Toloza (fl 1180&ndash1220 was a Troubadour from the merchant class of Toulouse. Rambertino di Guido Buvalelli (1170/1180 &ndash September 1221 a Bolognese judge statesman diplomat and poet was the earliest of the Podestà - Rambertino celebrated Azzo's daughter Beatrice in all of his love songs, an overtly political act in the climate of the times. The canso or canço is a Song style used by the Troubadours It consists of three parts Azzo's own character is captured in a contemporary vernacular vita of his daughter:
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. . . he was beautiful of form, almost more than all other men. A prudent yet daring man, valiant in feats of arms and of perspicacious learning: a wise and marvellous conversationalist. |
Azzo's first wife, a daughter of a count Aldobrandino, was dead by 1192, by which time he had remarried to a daughter of Humbert III of Savoy, named either Sophia or Eleanor (as per the epitaph of her daughter Beatrice). Humbert III (1135–1189 surnamed the Blessed, was Count of Savoy from 1148 to 1189 She died on 3 December 1202. Events 1800 - War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden, French On 22 February 1204 Azzo remarried for the third time to Alice, daughter of Reynald de Châtillon, Prince of Antioch. Events 1495 - King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city's throne The Principality of Antioch, including parts of modern-day Turkey and Syria, was one of the Crusader states created during the First Crusade While Alberic de Trois-Fontaines calls Aleydem marchionis Eystensis in Italia as the third of the three daughters of Raynaldus de Castellione uxor . Alberic of Trois-Fontaines ( French Aubri (Aubry de Trois-Fontaines; Latin, Albericus Trium Fontium) (d . . relictam principis Raymundi, that is, by Reynald's first wife, the daughter of Raymond of Antioch, it is unlikely that Alice could have been born before 1167, the latest possible date for Reynald's first wife's death. Raymond of Poitiers (c 1115 &ndash June 29, 1149) was Prince of Antioch 1136&ndash1149 She was more likely the daughter of Reynald's last wife, Stephanie de Milly. Stephanie of Milly (died ca 1197 was Lady of Oultrejordain and an influential figure in the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
By his first wife, Azzo had a son, Aldobrandino, who succeeded his father in 1212. By his second wife he his only daughter, the aforementioned Beatrice. By his final wife he left a son, Azzo VII, who eventually succeeded his elder brother and became head of the family.
Sources
- Bertoni, Giulio (1915). I Trovatori d'Italia: Biografie, testi, tradizioni, note. Rome: Società Multigrafica Editrice Somu.
- Cabré, Miriam (1999). "Italian and Catalan troubadours", in Simon B. Gaunt and Sarah Kay: The Troubadours: an Introduction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521574730.
External links
- Foundation for Medieval Genealogy: Medieval Lands Project — Modena/Ferrara, D. Marchesi d'Este
| Preceded by Folco I |
Marquis of Este 1209–1212 |
Succeeded by Azzo VII |
| Lord of Ferrara 1209–1212 |
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