House of Canossa

E410139

medieval Italian dynasty noble family

The House of Canossa was a powerful medieval Italian noble dynasty that played a central role in the politics of the Holy Roman Empire and the Investiture Controversy.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
House of Canossa canonical	6
Count of Canossa	2

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	medieval Italian dynasty ⓘ noble family ⓘ
activeInPeriod	10th century ⓘ 11th century ⓘ early 12th century ⓘ
alliedWith	Papacy ⓘ Pope Gregory VII ⓘ
associatedEvent	Investiture Controversy ⓘ Walk to Canossa ⓘ
associatedPlace	Canossa Castle ⓘ Emilia-Romagna ⓘ Mantua ⓘ Modena ONNED1 ⓘ Reggio Emilia ⓘ Tuscany ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	Italy ⓘ
dynastyDissolutionCause	death of Matilda of Tuscany without surviving heirs ⓘ
endTime	12th century ⓘ
founder	Adalbert Atto of Canossa ⓘ
governedTerritory	Duchy of Spoleto ⓘ March of Tuscany ⓘ lands in Emilia ⓘ lands in Lombardy ⓘ
heldTitle	House of Canossa self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Count of Canossa Duke of Mantua ⓘ Duke of Spoleto ⓘ Margrave of Tuscany ⓘ
historicalSignificance	central role in the conflict between Empire and Papacy in the 11th century ⓘ
knownFor	controlling key Alpine and Apennine passes ⓘ hosting Henry IV at Canossa in 1077 ⓘ large territorial holdings in northern and central Italy ⓘ supporting church reform ⓘ
language	Italian ⓘ Latin ⓘ
nobleFamilyType	feudal dynasty ⓘ
notableMember	Adalbert Atto of Canossa ⓘ Boniface III of Tuscany ⓘ Frederick II, Duke of Upper Lorraine ⓘ surface form: Frederick of Lorraine Matilda of Tuscany ⓘ Adalbert Atto of Canossa ⓘ surface form: Tedald of Canossa
opposedTo	Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ surface form: Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV
partOf	Holy Roman nobility ⓘ surface form: nobility of the Holy Roman Empire
politicalRole	major power in northern Italy ⓘ mediator in the Investiture Controversy ⓘ supporter of the Papacy ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
startTime	10th century ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Matilda of Tuscany → nobleFamily → House of Canossa ⓘ

Canossa → namedAfter → House of Canossa ⓘ

Canossa Castle → namedAfter → House of Canossa ⓘ

Canossa Castle → builtFor → House of Canossa ⓘ

Margraviate of Tuscany → nobleFamily → House of Canossa ⓘ

House of Canossa → heldTitle → House of Canossa self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Count of Canossa

Boniface III of Tuscany → positionHeld → House of Canossa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Count of Canossa

Boniface III of Tuscany → nobleFamily → House of Canossa ⓘ