Comita, judge of Torres

Events

Date of Birth: probably about 1160.

Place of Birth: Torres, Sardinia.

The date and place are given by Putzulu.

Date of Death: 1218.

Comita”s son Mariano succeeded 10 November 1218 (Putzulu).

Place of Death: unknown.

Relationships

Father: Barisone II, judge of Torres.

This relationship is given by Putzulu, by Ceccarelli Lemut, and by Scaura. Tola gives Barisone's father, Gonnario II, as Comita's father.

Mother: Preziosa de Orrubu.

This relationship is given by Putzulu.

Spouse: Ispella d’Arborea.

This relationship is given by Putzulu and by Besta (vol. 1, p 149).

Spouse: Agnese di Saluzzo.

This relationship is given by Putzulu.

Children (by Ispella):

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Putzulu.)

Maria married Bonifacio di Saluzzo.

Preziosa.

Mariano, judge of Torres, married Agnese di Massa-Cagliari.

Giorgia married Manuele Doria.

Children (by Agnese):

Ispella married Lanfranco Spinola.

References

Besta, Enrico. La Sardegna Mediovale: Le Vicende Politiche dal 450 al 1326. (Bologna, reprint of the Palermo, 1908-9 edition).

Ceccarelli Lemut, Maria Luisa. "Tra Pisa, la Sardegna e l'Oriente: i da Parlascio o Ebriaci o Verchionesi (secoli XI-XIV)" in Quel mar che la terra inghirlanda: in ricordo di Marco Tangheroni volume 1 (Rome: 2007), pages 241-268.

Putzulu, Evandro. “Comita” in Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani Volume 27 (1982).

Saura, Mauro G. “La Cronotassi dei Giudici di Torres” in La civiltà giudicale in Sardegna nei secoli XI-XIII. Fonti e documenti scritti, (Atti del Convegno di Studi. Sassari-Usini 17-18 marzo 2001), Sassari 2002, pp. 97-113.

Tola, D. Pasquale. "Comita II re di Torres" in Dizionario Biografico degli Uomini Illustri di Sardegna. (1837). [Vol. 1, pp. 223-225]