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Counts of Tusculum
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<h2 id="counts-and-their-titles">Counts and their titles</h2> <p><i>This list is partially incomplete in the tenth century and the chronology and dates of the various countships are often uncertain. They were only counts from about 1013, lords before.</i> </p> <ul><li>before 924 <a href="/facts/Theophylact_I%2c_Count_of_Tusculum/yytSx5M4">Theophylact I</a></li> <li>until 924 <a href="/facts/Alberic_I_of_Spoleto/XXgjTyXc">Alberic I</a>, (<i>Consul</i>) son-in-law of Theophylact I</li> <li>924–954 <a href="/facts/Alberic_II_of_Spoleto/yK32Uto7">Alberic II</a>, son of Alberic I</li> <li>before 1013 <a href="/facts/Gregory_I%2c_Count_of_Tusculum/rIEs8kuY">Gregory I</a>, (<i>Excellentissimus vir – Praefectus navalis</i>) son of Alberic II</li> <li>until 1012 <a href="/facts/Pope_Benedict_VIII/WnqFGEaf">Theophylact II</a>, son of Gregory I</li> <li>1012–1024 <a href="/facts/Pope_John_XIX/m5k4ANwk">Romanus</a>, (<i>Consul et dux, senator</i>) brother of Theophylact II and son of Gregory I</li> <li>1024–1032 <a href="/facts/Alberic_III%2c_Count_of_Tusculum/CkFlXXhv">Alberic III</a>, (<i>Imperialis palatii magister Consul et dux – Comes sacri palatii Lateranensis</i>) brother of Theophylact II and Romanus</li> <li>1032–1045 <a href="/facts/Pope_Benedict_IX/0MXpYNgc">Theophylact III</a> son of Alberic III</li> <li>1044–1058 <a href="/facts/Gregory_II%2c_Count_of_Tusculum/QzH3N2k4">Gregory II</a>, (<i>Consul, nobilis vir, senator Comes Tusculanensis</i>) son of Alberic III</li> <li>1058 – c. 1108 <a href="/facts/Gregory_III%2c_Count_of_Tusculum/If9lFwzw">Gregory III</a>, (<i>Comes Tusculanensis Consul, illustris</i>) son of Gregory II</li> <li>c. 1108 – 1126 <a href="/facts/Ptolemy_I%2c_Count_of_Tusculum/WQL9lkwA">Ptolemy I</a> (Tolomeo I), (<i>Consul, comes Tusculanus</i>) son Gregory III</li> <li>1126–1153 <a href="/facts/Ptolemy_II%2c_Count_of_Tusculum/K20S2d0H">Ptolemy II</a> (Tolomeo II), (<i>Illustrissimus, dominus Consul et dux</i>) son of Ptolemy I</li> <li>1153 – c. 1167 <a href="/facts/Jonathan%2c_Count_of_Tusculum/7f2LoYVN">Jonathan</a>, (<i>Comes de Tusculano</i>) co-ruler with Raino son of Ptolemy II</li> <li>1153–1179 <a href="/facts/Raino%2c_Count_of_Tusculum/wAQF5yFN">Raino</a>, (<i>Nobilis vir, dominus</i>) brother of Jonathan, co-ruler with Jonathan</li></ul> <h2 id="tusculan-popes">Tusculan popes</h2> <p class="note">Main article: <a href="/facts/Tusculan_Papacy/ahuYnN6k">Tusculan Papacy</a></p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Pope_John_XI/WdPEh77d">John XI</a>, son of Alberic I, pope 931–935</li> <li><a href="/facts/Pope_John_XII/AXs5MJkf">John XII</a> son of Alberic II, pope 955–964</li> <li><a href="/facts/Pope_Benedict_VII/hw0PevMx">Benedict VII</a>, nephew of Alberic II, pope 974–983</li> <li><a href="/facts/Pope_Benedict_VIII/WnqFGEaf">Benedict VIII</a>, son of Gregory I, pope 1012–1024 (also count)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Pope_John_XIX/m5k4ANwk">John XIX</a>, son of Gregory I, pope 1024–1032 (also count)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Pope_Benedict_IX/0MXpYNgc">Benedict IX</a>, son of Alberic III, pope 1032–1048 (also count)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Antipope_Benedict_X/bsRdVmFJ">Benedict X</a>, antipope 1058–1059</li></ul> <h2 id="successors">Successors</h2> <p>According to tradition, the successors of the Tusculum counts were the <a href="/facts/Colonna_family/5IHSrge8">Colonna family</a>, founded by Peter (1099–1151), son of Gregory III and called Peter "de Columna" from his fief of <a href="/facts/Colonna_(RM)/TJS4Ih8K">Colonna</a>, east of Rome. </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Thietmar_of_Merseburg/jFE6jlb7">Thietmar of Merseburg</a> – Chronicle</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ferdinand_Gregorovius/y3nxMyIK">Ferdinand Gregorovius</a> <i>Geschichte der Stadt Rom im Mittelalter</i> (1859–1872)</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Tusculum">"Tusculum" </a>. <i><a href="/facts/Encyclop%25C3%25A6dia_Britannica_Eleventh_Edition/mPElbCRY">Encyclopædia Britannica</a></i>. Vol. 27 (11th ed.). 1911.</li></ul>