Theophylacti of Tusculum

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The Theophylacti of Tusculum were a powerful Roman aristocratic dynasty that dominated papal politics in the 10th and 11th centuries, frequently installing family members as popes.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman aristocratic dynasty
noble family
activeInCentury 10th century
11th century
associatedWithTitle Count of Tusculum NERFINISHED
country Papal States NERFINISHED
declinePeriod mid-11th century
dominated papal elections
exercisedPowerOver papal states administration
papal succession
governedCity Tusculum NERFINISHED
historicalReputation corruption and nepotism in papal politics
influenced papal politics
influencedInstitution Roman Church hierarchy
installedAsPopes family members
knownFor dominating the papacy in the 10th and 11th centuries
hereditary influence on the papal throne
language Latin
locatedIn Rome
Tusculum NERFINISHED
notableMember Alberic II of Spoleto NERFINISHED
Alberic III of Tusculum NERFINISHED
Benedict IX NERFINISHED
Benedict VIII NERFINISHED
Gregory I of Tusculum NERFINISHED
John XIX NERFINISHED
Marozia NERFINISHED
Romanus of Tusculum NERFINISHED
Theodora NERFINISHED
Theophylact I of Tusculum NERFINISHED
opposedBy German emperors
reform papacy
politicalBase Rome NERFINISHED
Tusculum NERFINISHED
politicalStrategy control of the Roman militia
manipulation of papal elections
marriage alliances
powerType secular control over the papacy
producedPope Benedict IX NERFINISHED
Benedict VIII NERFINISHED
John XIX NERFINISHED
region Lazio
relatedHistoricalPeriod Saeculum obscurum NERFINISHED
pornocracy of the papacy
religion Roman Catholicism
socialClass Roman nobility
timeOfGreatestInfluence early 11th century

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Pope John XII nobleFamily Theophylacti of Tusculum