Tedaldo (Canossa) di Canossa (abt. 960 - abt. 1012)

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Biography

Tedaldo was one of the three sons of Adalberto Atto di Canossa, Conte di Reggio e Modena, and later Conte di Mantua, and his wife Hildegarde or Ildegarde. Tedaldo's birth date of about 0960 is a very rough guess and could be out by 10 or more years, though it is unlikely to be much later than that.

He was referred to as Count or Conte in December 975 and probably succeeded his father as Conte di Reggio and later as Marchese. After Tedaldo made his allegiance to Emperor Heinrich II he also acquired Ferrara.^[1] He founded the Abbey of San Benedetto in June 1007 after the death of his wife.

Tedaldo died on 8 May, probably in the year 1012 and was buried at Canossa.

He had married Guillia (or Willa) (died 30 August, before 1007 and was buried at Florence), either daughter of Teubaldo, Marchese and Duca di Spoleto, or Uberto (Hubert) di Spoleto, illegitimate son of Ugo, King of Italy.^[2]

They had 3 sons;

1. Bonifazio, born circa 985, succeeded as Marchese di Toscana (Tuscany);
2. Tedaldo, born circa 990, succeeded as Bishop of Arezzo 1023, died 1036;
3. Corrado, born circa 995, led a rebellion against his brother, Bonifazio but was defeated in early Summer 1021 at Coviolo, and he later died as a result of wounds he received on 13 July 1021 at Mantua and was buried at Canossa.

Sources

1. ↑ This is based on Cawley, the Wikipedia article has different dates for when he succeeded to these territories and others
2. ↑ Cawley, has her as daughter of Teubaldo, Wikipedia article as daughter of Hubert of Spoleto

• Cawley, Charles, 'Northern Italy (1)', version 3.0 18 June 2014, in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families, (http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/NORTHERN%20ITALY%20900-1100.htm : viewed 10 November 2014)

• 'Tedald of Canossa', Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, version 20 December 2013, (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tedald_of_Canossa&oldid=586949103 : viewed 10 November 2014)

Also see Italian Wikipedia article.