Roger VON AURIATE

Biography[edit] Arduin was the eldest son of Roger, Count of Auriate (r. c. 906 – c. 935), a Frankish nobleman who immigrated to Italy in the early tenth century. The medieval county of Auriatecomprised the region bounded by the Alps, the Po River, and the Stura, today the regions of the Saluzzese and Cuneese.[1] Arduin succeeded his father as count of Auriate sometime around 935, but he isnot documented as Count Arduin (Ardoino comes) until 13 April 945, when he sat in judgement at a conference (placitum) of Count Lanfranc at Pavia in the presence of King Lothair II.[2]   AuriateFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia     Jump to navigationJump to search Auriate was a county in medieval Italy on the eastern slopes of the Western Alps lying between Cuneo and Saluzzo. The county existed from the late ninth century to the middle of the tenth. The name of the county survives in that of the comune of Valloriate. The earliest known count was one Rodulf, who died in902, leaving the county to a Frank named Roger, who had been his second-in-command. Between 940 and 945 Roger's son and successor, Arduin Glaber, drove the Saracens from the Val di Susa and annexed that region to his county of Auriate. Arduin was a supporter of Berengar of Ivrea in his successful bid for the Iron Crown of Lombardy in 950. The following year (951) Berengar completed a reorganisation of western Lombardy, creating three new marches to better defend the coast from Saracen attacks: the March of Genoa (Eastern Liguria), the March of Montferrat (Western Liguria), and the March of Turin. Arduin was created the first Margrave of Turin. At this time Auriate disappears from the records as a distinct entity, but it remained the centre of the property of the Arduinici family three generations later, when Bertha married Ottone del Vasto of the Aleramici clan. Their joint properties formed the nucleus of the later March of Saluzzo. References[edit] M. G. Bertolini. "Arduino." Dizionario biografico degli Italiani, VI:49–52. Rome: Società Grafica Romana, 1964. Francesco Cognasso. Storia di Torino. Florence: Giunti Editore, 2002.

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