Italy, States: Lucca, Marquisate of Tuscany, 1 Denaro – ND

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Tuscany becomes a carolingia brand because it is border land (the brands were counties that due to their special risk, they had a county in charge). The creation of the Tuscany Marquesado in 797 A.D. And it is considered within the kingdom of Italy from the creation of this in 855, from the division to the death of Lotario, which leaves his son Louis II, the kingdom of Italy. From the death of this without heirs, the situation is complicated, with several noble families in Italy disputing the title. In 962, Otón conquers the kingdom of Italy again, permanently linking it to the empire. In 1027, Conrado marked the Canossa family, being the deviant power to Florence, where the capital of the marquee moves in 1057. Lucca becomes very prosperous with silk trade in this period and important buildings were built or rebuilt, especially ecclesiastics. After the death of Matilda Canossa in 1115 that left the extinct dynasty, his extensive domains (Tuscany, Lombaría, Emilia …) will be grass of struggles between nobles, the papacy and the emperor, which will cause the rupture of the north of Italy in cities-state, communes and republics. Lucca will begin to be configured as a commune, and by 1160 he already has a chapter for city management. In 1197, with the appointment of Felipe de Swabia (Marqués de Toscana excommunicated by the Pope) as king of Germany, after the death of his brother Enrique VI, numerous cities of Tuscan Effective is the end of the marquee. From this moment, they will be governed autonomously, although they are nominally under the marques and the kingdom of Italy for some time. Lucca”s emissions are very important, as they are mentioned by the chronicler Raimundo de Aguilers, as one of the coins carried by the knights of the first crusade. Which is curious, because the Crusaders did not go through this city. In fact, Lucca and Valence”s emissions are from afar For the Crusaders. There is no doubt, it is that they had to be taken to the Latin East by Pisa merchants.