Oberto II, count of Luni

Count of Luni

Margrave

Events

Date of Birth: about 950 - 960.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The date is given by Wolf.

Date of Death: after 1013.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by Cawley. Wolf gives before 24 September 996.

Relationships

Father: Oberto I, count of Luni.

This relationship is given by Violante and by Cawley. Wolf gives Adalbert, margrave in East Liguria.

Mother: unknown.

Spouse: unknown.

Violante gives Railenda, daughter of Riprando, count of Piacenza and widow of Sigefredo. There are a couple of different constructions of the Obertenghi in these generations, and I am not sure which one is considered to be best these days.

Children:

(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 Cawley.)

Alberto Azzo I (died 1029), count of Luni, marquis, married Adela, daughter of Oberto.

Ugo.

Berta married Arduino, king of Italy.

Adalberto married Adelasia, daughter of Boso.

Obizzo married Ermengarda.

Berta married Olderico Manfredi, margrave of Turin.

References

Cawley, Charles. “Oberto (II)” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.

Previté-Orton, Charles William. The Early History of the House of Savoy (1000 - 1233). (Cambridge University Press: 1912).

Provero, Luigi. “Oberto I” in Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani Volume 79 (2013).

Violante, Cinzio. “Quelques caractéristiques des structures familiales en Lombardie, Émilie et Toscane aux XI^e et XII^e siècles” in Famille et parenté dans l’occident médiéval. École Françase de Rome, 1977.

Wolf, Armin. Ahnen deutscher Könige und Königinnen: Alternativen zu dem Werk von Eduard Hlawitschka. 2010. Selbstverlag des Herold, Berlin.