Boniface of Canossa
Boniface (* probably 985; † May 6, 1052 in San Martino dall'Argine ) from the family of the Lords of Canossa was one of the most powerful nobles in Italy in the first half of the 11th century . He is best known as the father of Mathilde von Tuszien .
Life
Boniface came from one of the most powerful families of the early medieval Italian nobility , the House of Canossa . He was the son of Theobald von Canossa, Count of Reggio , Modena , Mantua , Brescia and Ferrara .
He was resident in Mantua:
- Lord of Canossa
- before 1004 margrave and sole heir
- 1013/15 Count of Reggio, Modena, Mantua and Brescia
- 1028/32 Margrave of Tuscia (Boniface IV), also known as Duke
- 1051 probably Duke of Spoleto and Margrave of Camerino
Bonifatius married Countess Richilde, heiress of Castell Nogara etc., † after February 1036, daughter of Giselbert (II.) Of Vailate, Count Palatine and Count of Bergamo and Countess Anselda, probably Countess of , in his first marriage on October 10, 1010/15 Turin , with whom he had a daughter who was born and died in 1014.
In his second marriage, he married Beatrix of Lorraine around 1037 (* probably 1017, † April 18, 1076) from the Wigeriche family , daughter of Duke Friedrich II of Upper Lorraine . Boniface and Beatrix had three children:
- Friedrich, † probably July 1056
- Beatrix, † 1053 before December 17th
- Mathilde (* probably 1046, † July 24, 1115) 1053–1056 and 1070–1115 Duchess of Tuszien etc .; ∞ I November 1069 / April 1070, separated in 1071, Gottfried IV. The Bucklige , 1065 Duke of Lower Lorraine , ∞ II around 1089, separated in summer 1095, Welf IV. Duke of Bavaria
Boniface was buried in the church of San Michele in Mantua.
Beatrix took over the reign of the minor Mathilde in 1052–54 / 56, and in spring 1054 married Duke Gottfried III. the bearded man from Lower Lorraine and was hostage in Germany with her daughter in 1055/56. 1056 then Gottfried himself became Margrave of Tuszien etc., so that Mathilde could not finally take over the inheritance until his death in 1069.
literature
- Margherita Giuliana Bertolini: BONIFACIO, marchese e duca di Toscana. In: Alberto M. Ghisalberti (Ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 12: Bonfadini – Borrello. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1970.
- Antonio Falce: Bonifacio di Canossa padre di Matilde. 2 volumes, Bizzocchi, Reggio nell'Emilia 1927.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Boniface of Canossa |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian nobleman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 985 |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 6, 1052 |
| Place of death | San Martino dall'Argine |