Obertenghi

Obertenghi
Marcher noble family
Parent familyBonifaci
CountryHoly Roman Empire Kingdom of Italy (HRE)
EtymologyDescendant from Oberto I
Place of originProbably Pavia or Lombardy
Founded940 (940)
FounderAdalberto the Margrave
Current headNone; main branch extinct
Final rulerAlbert Azzo II
Titles
List
Dissolution1097 (1097)
Cadet branches

The House of Obertenghi were a prominent Italian noble family of Frankish origin descended from Viscount Adalbert III, first Margrave of Milan.

The family held the titles of Marquis of Milan and Genoa, Count of Luni, Tortona, Genoa and Milan and regent of the March that took the family's name in the 10th century, the "Marca Obertenga", which encompassed most of the territories of present-day Northwest Italy and parts of Switzerland.

The dynasty is the progenitor of the widely powerful and prestigious House of Este, as well the House of Welf, parent house of the Hanover dynasty. Other cadet lines includes the Malaspina and Pallavicini families.

Origins

March of Ivrea, Marca Arduinica, Marca Aleramica and Marca Obertenga, subdivision of the Kingdom of Lombardy made by Berengar II of Italy in the 10th century

Early in 951, Berengar II of Italy finished the reorganisation of the Italian feudal structure begun by his predecessor Hugh. He named three new margraves to three new territories:

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