What is House of Tusculum?
[[File:Counts of Tusculum.png|thumb|300px|Family tree of lords and counts of Tusculum]] The '''House of Tusculum''' were a powerful [[Nobility|noble]] family of [[Latium]], [[Italy]]. They were the [[Count]]s of [[Tusculum]] between the 10th and 12th centuries. Several [[list of popes|popes]] and an [[antipope]] during the 11th century came from their family. The counts of Tusculum were influential figures in Roman politics and religion for more than a century. ==Counts== This list is partially incomplete in the 10th century. The chronology and dates are often uncertain. They were only counts from about 1013. Before this, they were lords. *before 924 [[Theophylact I, Count of Tusculum|Theophylact I]] *until 924 [[Alberic I of Spoleto|Alberic I]], ''consul'' son-in-law *924 – 954 [[Alberic II of Spoleto|Alberic II]], son *before 1013 [[Gregory I, Count of Tusculum|Gregory I]], son (''Excellentissimus vir – Praefectus navalis)'' *until 1012 [[Pope Benedict VIII|Theophylact II]], son of Gregory I *1012 – 1024 [[Pope John XIX|Romanus]], (''Consul et dux, senator'') brother of Theophylact II and son of Gregory I *1032 – 1045 [[Alberic III, Count of Tusculum|Alberic III]], (''Imperialis palatii magister Consul et dux – Comes sacri palatii Lateranensis'') brother of Theophylact II and Romanus; *1024 – 1032 [[Pope Benedict IX|Theophylact III]] son of Alberic III *1044 – 1058 [[Gregory II, Count of Tusculum|Gregory II]], (''Consul, nobilis vir, senator Comes Tusculanensis''), son of Alberic III *1058 – ca 1108 [[Gregory III, Count of Tusculum|Gregory III]], (''Comes Tusculanensis Consul, illustris'') son of Gregory II *ca 1108 – 1126 [[Ptolemy I, Count of Tusculum|Ptolemy I]] (Tolomeo I), (''Consul, comes Tusculanus'') son Gregory III; *1126 – 1153 [[Ptolemy II, Count of Tusculum|Ptolemy II]] (Tolomeo II), (''Illustrissimus, dominus Consul et dux'') son of Ptolemy I; *1153 – ca 1167 [[Jonathan, Count of Tusculum|Jonathan]], (''Comes de Tusculano'') co-ruler with Raino son of Ptolemy II; *1153 – 1179 [[Raino, Count