The counts of Tusculum were the most powerful secular noblemen in Latium during the tenth through twelfth centuries. Their house furnished three popes and an antipope during the eleventh century and were often in control of the papacy during the Pornocracy. Tusculum, an ancient city of Latium, situated in a commanding position on the north edge of the outer crater ring of the Alban volcano, 18 km (11 miles) north-east of the modern Frascati. ... Latium (Lazio in Italian) is a region of central Italy, bordered by Tuscany, Umbria, Abruzzo, Molise, Campania and the Tyrrhenian Sea. ... As a means of recording the passage of time, the 10th century was that century which lasted from 901 to 1000. ... (11th century - 12th century - 13th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 12th century was that century which lasted from 1101 to 1200. ... Popes buried in St. ... Antipope Felix V, the last historical Antipope. ... (10th century - 11th century - 12th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 11th century was that century which lasted from 1001 to 1100. ... The Pope is the Catholic Bishop and patriarch of Rome, and head of the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Catholic Churches. ... Pornocracy is a term that has been used to mean government by or domination of government by prostitutes. ...
This list is partially incomplete in the tenth century and the chronology and dates of the various countships are often uncertain.
From the start the count was in military charge, not of a roving warband, but settled in a locality, a county, his main rival for power being the bishop, whose diocese was often coterminous.
In many Germanic and Frankish kingdoms in the early Middle Ages, the count might also be a count palatine, whose authority derived directly from the royal household, the "palace" in its original sense of the seat of power and administration.
In the UK a count or earl is often a courtesy title for the eldest son of a duke.
In the early 10th century, Theophylact, Count of Tusculum and his beautiful and unscrupulous wife, Theodora controlled the city of Rome and the Papacy.
See also Tusculum, a favorite summer residence of Roman nobles during the Empire; Pliny the Younger, Cicero, and the emperors Nero and Titus were among those who built villas there.
Tusculum was razed by the enemies of the Tusculani in 1191.
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