Tusculan family of Rome

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The Tusculan family of Rome was a powerful medieval noble dynasty that dominated Roman politics and the papacy through its control of several 11th-century popes.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman aristocratic dynasty
medieval noble family
activeInCentury 10th century
11th century
12th century
country Papal States
declineCause Gregorian Reform movement
linked to: Gregorian Reform

intervention of the German emperors
declinePeriod mid-11th century
hasMember Alberic II of Spoleto
Alberic III of Tusculum
Gregory I of Tusculum
Gregory II of Tusculum
Marozia
Ptolemy I of Tusculum
Ptolemy II of Tusculum
Romanus of Tusculum
Theophylact I of Tusculum
Theophylact II of Tusculum
hasTitle count of Tusculum
linked to: Counts of Tusculum

patrician of the Romans
senator of the Romans
influenced papal succession in the 11th century
secular government of Rome
language Latin
locatedIn Latium
Rome
namedAfter Tusculum
notableFor control of the papacy
domination of Roman politics
producing multiple popes
opposedBy Crescentii family
reform party of the papacy
politicalRole power broker in papal elections
ruling house of Tusculum
powerBase Rome
Tusculum
producedAntipope Antipope Benedict X
producedPope Pope Benedict IX
Pope Benedict VI
Pope Benedict VIII
Pope John XII
Pope John XIX
Pope Leo IX
region Central Italy
relatedDynasty Crescentii family
religion Roman Catholicism

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Pope Damasus II conflictWith Tusculan family of Rome
Saeculum Obscurum associatedWithFamily Tusculani family
linked to: Tusculan family of Rome
Pope Gregory V conflictWith Crescentii family of Rome
linked to: Tusculan family of Rome