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    Marozia, born Maria and also known as Mariuccia or Mariozza (c. 890 – 937), was a Roman noblewoman who was the alleged mistress of Pope Sergius III and...
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    daughter Marozia held a great influence over the papal selection and religious affairs in Rome through conspiracies, affairs, and marriages. Marozia became...
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  • mother, Marozia, followed by his brother Alberic II. His pontificate occurred during the period known as Saeculum obscurum. John was the son of Marozia, the...
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    the son of Pope Sergius III, and not of Alberic I of Spoleto, who was Marozia's husband. 126 3 January 936 – 13 July 939 (3 years, 191 days) Leo VII LEO...
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  • States from February 929 to his death in 931. A candidate of the infamous Marozia, his pontificate occurred during the period known as the Saeculum obscurum...
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    effective rulership of Rome between 905 and her death in 916. Her daughter, Marozia, was the alleged concubine to Pope Sergius III, and mother of Pope John...
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  • Sergius' supposed affair with Theophylact's daughter, Marozia. This relationship was promoted by Marozia's mother, Theodora, and the result of this affair was...
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    emperor, and each other. These were the times of Theodora and her daughter Marozia, concubines and mothers of several popes, and of Crescentius, a powerful...
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    Volumes 1–13 quote: "Was John XI the son of Pope Sergius by the abandoned Marozia? Liutprand says he was, and so does the author of the anonymous catalogue...
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  • deposing his mother Marozia and his stepfather, King Hugh of Italy. He was of the house of the counts of Tusculum, the son of Marozia by her first husband...
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    Spoleto (905–915) Anna of Provence (915–924) Bertha of Swabia (922–926) Alda (924–932) Marozia of Tusculum (932–933) Bertha of Swabia (937–948) Adelaide of Italy (948–950)...
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  • the Saracens at the Battle of Garigliano. He eventually fell out with Marozia, who had him deposed, imprisoned, and finally murdered. John’s pontificate...
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    Crescentius the Younger (d. 998) and, in its feminine form (senatrix), by Marozia (d. 937)—but it appears to have been regarded at that time as simply a...
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    deposing Lambert, who presented an obstacle to his second marriage to Marozia. Lambert's supporters called in Rudolph of Burgundy, whom Hugh bribed off...
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    Spoleto (905–915) Anna of Provence (915–924) Bertha of Swabia (922–926) Alda (924–932) Marozia of Tusculum (932–933) Bertha of Swabia (937–948) Adelaide of Italy (948–950)...
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  • I in the 9th century Theodora (senatrix), Roman senatrix and mother of Marozia; concubine to Pope Sergius III Theodora Komnene (disambiguation) Theodora...
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    Spoleto (905–915) Anna of Provence (915–924) Bertha of Swabia (922–926) Alda (924–932) Marozia of Tusculum (932–933) Bertha of Swabia (937–948) Adelaide of Italy (948–950)...
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  • death in either 924 or 925. Theophylact had two daughters with Theodora: Marozia and Theodora. In the longer term, the heirs of Theophylact, the Tusculani...
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    a retelling of the legend of Pope Joan. Legends surrounding the papacy Marozia Saeculum obscurum Theodora (senatrix) The High Priestess The span is given...
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    succeeded by Hugh. After failing to expand his power by a marriage to Marozia (the effective ruler of Rome), Hugh spent the next five years of his reign...
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  • around June 928, during a period of anarchy. He was chosen by the senatrix Marozia, who had gained control of Rome via the domination of her husband Guy,...
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  • Eusapia Beersheba Leonia 8 Irene Argia Thekla Trude Olinda 9 Laudomia Perinthia Procopia Raissa Andria Cecilia Marozia Penthesilea Theodora Berenice...
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  • member of that family, nor had he any relationship with Alberic's mother, Marozia, who had dominated Roman and papal politics during the preceding decades...
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    Viking king (approximate date) Lady Ma, wife of Qian Yuanguan (d. 939) Marozia of the Rule of the Harlots, Roman noblewoman (approximate date) Motoyoshi...
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    Theophylact I of Tusculum Theodora Hugh of Italy Alberic I of Spoleto Marozia Pope Sergius III r. 904–911 Alda of Vienne Alberic II of Spoleto 905–954...
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    Spoleto (905–915) Anna of Provence (915–924) Bertha of Swabia (922–926) Alda (924–932) Marozia of Tusculum (932–933) Bertha of Swabia (937–948) Adelaide of Italy (948–950)...
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    Spoleto (905–915) Anna of Provence (915–924) Bertha of Swabia (922–926) Alda (924–932) Marozia of Tusculum (932–933) Bertha of Swabia (937–948) Adelaide of Italy (948–950)...
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    honorary titulus of Santa Maria in Trastevere have been: Ioannes, son of Marozia, who became Pope John XI during the Saeculum obscurum Gabriele Condulmer...
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    Spoleto (905–915) Anna of Provence (915–924) Bertha of Swabia (922–926) Alda (924–932) Marozia of Tusculum (932–933) Bertha of Swabia (937–948) Adelaide of Italy (948–950)...
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    Spoleto (905–915) Anna of Provence (915–924) Bertha of Swabia (922–926) Alda (924–932) Marozia of Tusculum (932–933) Bertha of Swabia (937–948) Adelaide of Italy (948–950)...
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