Meaning of Obertenghi | Babel Free

Definitions

Collectively, the members of a mediaeval Frankish dynasty of Italian nobility comprising Oberto I and descendants; the dynasty itself.

plural, plural-only

Examples

“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.”

“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.”

“The 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.”

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