The Arduinici were a noble Frankish family that immigrated to Italy in the early tenth century, possibly from Neustria. They were descended from and take their name after one Arduin (Harduoin). The first of the Arduinici to enter Italy was Roger, son of Arduin, who was established as count (comes) at Auriate in the early tenth century.

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  • The Arduinici were a noble Frankish family that immigrated to Italy in the early tenth century, possibly from Neustria. They were descended from and take their name after one Arduin (Harduoin). The first of the Arduinici to enter Italy was Roger, son of Arduin, who was established as count (comes) at Auriate in the early tenth century. He extended his power and was succeeded by his son Arduin Glaber, named after his grandfather, who established the family as one of the most powerful in northwestern Italy. He conquered the Susa Valley and allied with Provence against Fraxinetum. He ruled the counties of Auriate, Turin, Asti, Albenga and probably Bredulo, Alba, and Ventimiglia. During a reorganisation of the structure of Italy's marches under Berengar II in 950, Arduin's territories were organised as the March of Turin, or marca Arduinica. Arduin allied his family with the House of Canossa by marrying his heir, Manfred I to Prangarda, daughter of Adalbert Atto of Canossa. The family later drew itself close to the Holy Roman Empire. Arduin's grandson, Ulric Manfred (Odalrich Aginfred), was one of the most powerful noblemen Italy in the 1020s, when he tried to play kingmaker and give the throne to William V of Aquitaine. Ulric Manfred's daughters, Adelaide and Irmgard, married high-ranking German princes: Hermann IV of Swabia and Otto III of Swabia, respectively. Irmgard later married Egbert I, Margrave of Meissen, one of the richest magnates in Germany, and Adelaide, through her marriage to Otto of Savoy, was the mother of Bertha, empress of Henry IV and of another Adelaide, who married the German anti-king Rudolf of Rheinfeld. Adelaide (died 1091) was the last scion of the house; her heirs were her sons Peter I and Amadeus II of Savoy. The Arduinici possessions in Italy formed the basis for Savoy power there and of the later Kingdom of Savoy.
  • Die Arduine sind die Nachkommen eines fränkischen Ritters Arduin (Hardouin), dessen Nachkommen in Oberitalien im 10. und 11. Jahrhundert an die Macht kamen. Sein Enkel Arduin Glabrio war einer der drei Adligen, die von König Berengar II. bei der Neuordnung der feudalen Strukturen eine der neu geschaffenen Markgrafschaften übertragen bekam, in diesem Fall die Markgrafschaft Turin oder „marcia arduinica“ mit den Gebieten Auriate, Turin, Asti, Albenga und wohl auch Bredulo, Alba und Ventimiglia. Die bekanntesten Angehörigen der Familie sind Markgraf Odalrich-Aginfred (früher oft mit Odalrich-Manfred übersetzt) und seine beiden (Erb-)Töchter Adelheid von Turin und Irmgard von Turin, die mit zwei deutschen Adligen verheiratet wurden, dem Herzog Hermann IV. von Schwaben (1030-1038) und einem seiner Nachfolger, dem Herzog Otto III. von Schwaben (1048-1057), mit dem Ziel Oberitalien näher an das Kaiserreich zu binden. Irmgard tritt darüber hinaus noch als Ehefrau von Ekbert I. , Markgraf von Meißen auf, Adelheid (aus ihrer dritten Ehe mit Graf Odo von Savoyen als Mutter der Kaiserin Bertha von Turin. Das Erbe der Familie fiel durch diese dritte Ehe Adelheids an das Haus Savoyen und wurde damit zum Kern des savoyischen Besitzes in Oberitalien und damit zum Ausgangspunkt des savoyischen Königtums.
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  • The Arduinici were a noble Frankish family that immigrated to Italy in the early tenth century, possibly from Neustria. They were descended from and take their name after one Arduin (Harduoin). The first of the Arduinici to enter Italy was Roger, son of Arduin, who was established as count (comes) at Auriate in the early tenth century.
  • Die Arduine sind die Nachkommen eines fränkischen Ritters Arduin (Hardouin), dessen Nachkommen in Oberitalien im 10. und 11. Jahrhundert an die Macht kamen. Sein Enkel Arduin Glabrio war einer der drei Adligen, die von König Berengar II.
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  • Arduine
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