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Ok....I'm doing some historical research on Italy and I hope to give some usefull informations.
Unfrotunately the medieval history of Italy is really full of events, people, factions and itself can be used to make a HUGE mod
During "Low Middle Ages" Italy was divided in an infinite number of "State City" every one fighting each other, making and breacking alliances. The only homogeneous territory was the Kingdom of two Sicilies, ruled by Federico II's successor (his brother).
BTW I'll try to make a semplification. There is also a large number of vassals, but I will start a research further...
Around 1257 aD we have major factions/regions:
-Patrimony of St. Peter (Holy Roman Church)
Ruler:
Pope Alessandro IV
Heraldic:
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Stemma-Alessandro-IV.jpg
-Genova's Republic (Repubblica di Genova)
Ruled by:
Guglielmo Boccanegra "Primo Capitano del Popolo" (First people's Captain)
Heraldic (This is the coat of arms of Genovese Repubblic, not of Boccanegra's family...cant find it, sorry)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/it/6/6e/Genova-Stemma.png
-Venice's Republic (Repubblica di Venezia)
-Kingdom of two Sicilies (Regno delle Due Sicilie)
Ruled by:
Manfredi di Sicilia 1232-1266 (Manfredi of Sicily)
Heraldy:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/Armoiries_Manfred_de_Sicile.svg
He was the son of Federico II di Svevia (deceased in 1250) and Bianca dei Conti di Lancia.
The real Emperor was Corrado V di Svevia "Corradino" (1252-126, but he was too young to rule.
Heraldy:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/Coat_of_arms_of_the_Kingdom_of_the_Two_Sicilies.svg
-Lombardy2 (Lombardia) with Milan (Milano) as major City 1
Ruled by:
Martino della Torre "Capitano del Popolo"
Heraldy:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/78/Coa_fam_ITA_della_torre.jpg
He was the son of Pagano della Torre. In 1257 he suppressed a popular revolt with the help of Arcibishop Leone di Perego and Paolo di Soresina and conquested this Castles: Seprio, Martesana, Fagnano, Varese.
-March of Verona2 (Veronese League) with Verona as major City
Ezzelino III da Romano "Podestà di Verona", he was a Guelph
Heraldy:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/it/7/76/Stemma_Ezzelini.jpg
See this link for lots of informations:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Verona
And this are some armors of that culture:
http://www.academia-san-zenone.com/img/foto/chi-siamo2%20bis.JPG
-March of Ancona with Urbino as major City
(I still cant find infos on the major personalityes of this area)
Political map of Italy 1138-1254
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/shepherd/roman_empire_1138_1254.jpg
This is closest to 1257 aD so could be more usefull.
The most important fact of the years arond 1257 ad in Italy is that we had two rival factions in the North region:
1. Guelphs, supporters of the Holy Roman Empire (in this case the ruler is Corrado V di Svevia "Corradino" 1252-126
2. Ghibellins, supporters of the Papacy (Pope Alessandro IV 1199-1261)
3. Holy Roman Empire in the South (Kingdom of two Sicily) see above.
4. Two major Sea Repubblic: Venezia and Genova (Genoa on the map)
So we can say that we have 4 factions... to simplify...
1
Ex Lombard League, ceased with the death of Federico II (1250 aD)
2In the north of Italy we find two rival factions: Guelphs and Ghibellin (Guelfi and Ghibellini)
Here are the two heraldy:
http://www.paroledimezzo.it/words/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/ghibellini.gif
http://www.fortezze.it/photo/storiche/Guelfi.gif
Guelph Cities:
Bologna
Arezzo
Faenza
Modena
Osimo
Pisa
Pistoia
Siena
Spoleto
Todi
Ghibellin Cities:
Brescia
Forlì
Crema
Cremona
Genova
Lodi
Mantova
Orvieto
Perugia
TO OTHR: if you want I can send you all that I find via PM
Unfrotunately the medieval history of Italy is really full of events, people, factions and itself can be used to make a HUGE mod
During "Low Middle Ages" Italy was divided in an infinite number of "State City" every one fighting each other, making and breacking alliances. The only homogeneous territory was the Kingdom of two Sicilies, ruled by Federico II's successor (his brother).
BTW I'll try to make a semplification. There is also a large number of vassals, but I will start a research further...
Around 1257 aD we have major factions/regions:
-Patrimony of St. Peter (Holy Roman Church)
Ruler:
Pope Alessandro IV
Heraldic:
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Stemma-Alessandro-IV.jpg
-Genova's Republic (Repubblica di Genova)
Ruled by:
Guglielmo Boccanegra "Primo Capitano del Popolo" (First people's Captain)
Heraldic (This is the coat of arms of Genovese Repubblic, not of Boccanegra's family...cant find it, sorry)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/it/6/6e/Genova-Stemma.png
-Venice's Republic (Repubblica di Venezia)
-Kingdom of two Sicilies (Regno delle Due Sicilie)
Ruled by:
Manfredi di Sicilia 1232-1266 (Manfredi of Sicily)
Heraldy:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/Armoiries_Manfred_de_Sicile.svg
He was the son of Federico II di Svevia (deceased in 1250) and Bianca dei Conti di Lancia.
The real Emperor was Corrado V di Svevia "Corradino" (1252-126, but he was too young to rule.
Heraldy:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/Coat_of_arms_of_the_Kingdom_of_the_Two_Sicilies.svg
-Lombardy2 (Lombardia) with Milan (Milano) as major City 1
Ruled by:
Martino della Torre "Capitano del Popolo"
Heraldy:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/78/Coa_fam_ITA_della_torre.jpg
He was the son of Pagano della Torre. In 1257 he suppressed a popular revolt with the help of Arcibishop Leone di Perego and Paolo di Soresina and conquested this Castles: Seprio, Martesana, Fagnano, Varese.
-March of Verona2 (Veronese League) with Verona as major City
Ezzelino III da Romano "Podestà di Verona", he was a Guelph
Heraldy:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/it/7/76/Stemma_Ezzelini.jpg
See this link for lots of informations:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Verona
And this are some armors of that culture:
http://www.academia-san-zenone.com/img/foto/chi-siamo2%20bis.JPG
-March of Ancona with Urbino as major City
(I still cant find infos on the major personalityes of this area)
Political map of Italy 1138-1254
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/shepherd/roman_empire_1138_1254.jpg
This is closest to 1257 aD so could be more usefull.
The most important fact of the years arond 1257 ad in Italy is that we had two rival factions in the North region:
1. Guelphs, supporters of the Holy Roman Empire (in this case the ruler is Corrado V di Svevia "Corradino" 1252-126
2. Ghibellins, supporters of the Papacy (Pope Alessandro IV 1199-1261)
3. Holy Roman Empire in the South (Kingdom of two Sicily) see above.
4. Two major Sea Repubblic: Venezia and Genova (Genoa on the map)
So we can say that we have 4 factions... to simplify...
1
Ex Lombard League, ceased with the death of Federico II (1250 aD)
2In the north of Italy we find two rival factions: Guelphs and Ghibellin (Guelfi and Ghibellini)
Here are the two heraldy:
http://www.paroledimezzo.it/words/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/ghibellini.gif
http://www.fortezze.it/photo/storiche/Guelfi.gif
Guelph Cities:
Bologna
Arezzo
Faenza
Modena
Osimo
Pisa
Pistoia
Siena
Spoleto
Todi
Ghibellin Cities:
Brescia
Forlì
Crema
Cremona
Genova
Lodi
Mantova
Orvieto
Perugia
TO OTHR: if you want I can send you all that I find via PM