Meanings
- pluralplural onlyCollectively, the members of a mediaeval Frankish dynasty of Italian nobility comprising Oberto I and descendants; the dynasty itself.
In 1187 the marquis of Massa, Guglielmo, burst on the scene in Sardinia; he was the head of one of the four branches of the Obertenghi clan and was supported by the commune of Pisa.
1995, David Abulafia, The New Cambridge Medieval History: Volume 5, C.1198-c.1300, Cambridge University Press, page 4492 more examples
Crucially, the Welf family also held extensive lands in Emilia and Lombardy, through its links to the Italian clan of the Obertenghi, which had formerly produced many diehard imperialists.
2008, David J. Hay, The Military Leadership of Matilda of Canossa, 1046-1115, Manchester University Press, page 125The Genoese nobility began with Ido degli Obertenghi, who appears in the city annals in 952 as a viscount. From countship the territory became a march, and the Obertenghi became marquises.
2011, Paola Rapelli, “Symbols of Power in Art”, in Jay Hyams, transl., [2004, Simboli di Potere e Grandi Dinastie], The J. Paul Getty Museum, page 323
Origin
- ItalianObertenghi
- EnglishObertenghi
Borrowed from Italian Obertenghi.
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