Obertenghi
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The Obertenghi were a family of Italian nobility descended from Count Obert I of Luni, the first margrave of Eastern Liguria, a march called the marca Januensis or march of Genoa.
Early in 951, Berengar II of Italy finished the reorganisation of the Italian feudal structure begun by his predecessor Hugh. He named three new margraves to three new territories: Aleram, Count of Vercelli, he named margrave of Western Liguria (marca Aleramica); Arduin Glaber was elevated from count to margrave of Turin (the marca Arduinica); and Obert was given the new marca Obertenga, Eastern Liguria. Eastern Liguria at this time contained the counties of Genoa, Luni, Tortona, Parma, and Piacenza.
The Obertenghi margraviate was the source of the fiefs of the Este, Pallavicini, Parodi, Lupi, Massa, Malaspina, and Adalbertina.
[edit] Further resources
GLI OBERTENGHI (Italian) is a page from sardimpex.com, which provides genealogical and historical information on the family.
