Marozia Senatrix of Rome

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The alleged mistriss of Pope Sergius III. The bastard son, two grandsons, two great grandsons, and one great great grandson of Marozia—a rare genealogy—were seated in the Chair of St. Peter." Pope John XIII was her nephew, the offspring of her younger sister Theodora. From this description, the term "pornocracy" has become associated with the effective rule in Rome of Theodora and her daughter Marozia through male surrogates.

Marozia married ARLES, Hugh of King of Italy in 924. Hugh (son of Theobald Count of Arles and Bertha Princess Of Lorraine) was born before 885; died on 10 Apr 948. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marozia married Alberic I Duke of Spoleto in 909 in Italy. Alberic was born in CA 880; died in 925 in Orte, Viterbo, Lazio, Italy. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Pope John XI was born in 910; died in Dec 935.
2. Alberic II of Spoleto, Ruler of Rome was born in 911; died in 954.
3. Sergio of Spoleto, Bishop of Nepi died before 963.
4. Constantino of Spoleto died after 14 Jan 945.

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The Tusculum popes were either descendants of or aligned with Theophylact and his family from Latium, near Rome. His descendants were so powerful in tenth-century Italy that the were known as the "pope makers." Through the sexual exploits of his daughters, Theodora and Marozia, the family controlled the papacy for much of the tenth century and the first half of the eleventh century.

Because of these women, this era has been called the "Pornocracy."

Theophylact married Theodora. Theodora and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]