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Birth:          ABT 1110 
Death:          1186 

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comita_III_of_Torres
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barisone_II_of_Arborea
Barison II or Barisone II was the giudice (judge or ruler) of Arborea, a kingdom of 
Sardinia, from 1146 to 1186. He was the son of Comita II[1] and Elena de Orrubu.[2] 
His reign was groundbreaking in Sardinian history. It saw the birth of Catalan influence 
there, the escalation of the Genoese-Pisan conflict, and the first royal investiture over 
the entire island when Barisone was briefly recognised as King of Sardinia by the Holy 
Roman Emperor from 1164 to 1165.

Barisone was born sometime early in the twelfth century. He may have been 
associated in the giudicato with his father from an unknown date. He succeeded 
immediately on his father's death. In his early years, he was on good terms with Pisa 
and at peace with the church. He attended the consecration ceremony of Santa Maria 
di Bonarcado with most of the Arborean clergy and Villano, Archbishop of Pisa, his 
overlord. He donated land from his demesne to the church.

His reign became interesting when, in 1157, he repudiated his first wife, Pellegrina de 
Lacon, of an old and noble island family, and married Agalbursa de Cervera, daughter 
of Ponce and Almodis, sister of Raymond Berengar IV, Count of Barcelona. By this 
second marriage, he entered into alliance with the count of Barcelona, which 
represents the first Catalan influence in Sardinia. His correspondence with the count 
indicates the mutual nature of the alliance. Barisone warred against the Balearic 
Almoravids on behalf of Barcelona and Raymond Berengar supported his attempts to 
unite the various giudicati under his rule.

Firstly, as a direct descendant of Constantine II of Cagliari he claimed that giudicato 
from Peter, who was ruling jure uxoris through Constantine's daughter. Barisone 
invaded Cagliari and forced Peter to flee to his brother Barisone II's court at Torres. In 
Spring 1164, the giudicati of Torres and Cagliari, united with the Pisans of the island, 
retook Cagliari and invaded Arborea. Barisone took refuge in the castle of Cabras. 
From there, remembering his father's anti-Pisan policy, he contacted the Republic of 
Genoa, through which was enlisted the support of the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa. 
In August, the emperor proclaimed Barisone "King of Sardinia" in a ceremony in San 
Siro in Pavia. In exchange, Barisone agreed to annual payments of four thousand 
silver marks and to recognise imperial sovereignty over the island. In September, 
Barisone signed a treaty with Genoa. For military aid he granted them rights to set up 
markets in his territory and gave them the port of Oristano with the castles of 
Arculentu and Marmilla as surety against his payment of a large sum.

Early in 1165, Barisone was in Genoa with the consul Pizzamiglio. He was not allowed 
to return to Arborea because he could not raise the required sum. On 12 April, in an 
about-face, the emperor renounced his royal grant to Barisone and proclaimed the 
archdiocese of Pisa lord over the entire island. In 1168, Barisone returned to Arborea 
with the Genoese diplomat Nuvolone Alberici. The ongoing war there ended that year 
and Barisone tried raising the necessary payment for the Genoese. His wife and Ponc 
de Bas, his brother-in-law, were sent back to Genoa as hostages until, in 1171, the 
payment was made and Barisone and his family were freed.

In the 1170s, at the latest, he gave his daughter Ispella in marriage to Hug, the eldest 
brother of his new wife Agalbursa.

In 1180, Barisone made war on Cagliari. He had initial successes, but was captured 
and forced to come to terms. In 1182, he donated the church of San Nicolas di Gurgo 
to the Abbey of Montecassino. He founded a hospital and a monastery in Oristano. He 
struggled for the cultural and religious advancement of his realm in his final years. He 
died in 1186 and was succeeded by his eldest son Peter I, born from his first wife; the 
second son, also from the first marriage, Barisone, died by 1189. From his second 
marriage, Barisone had daughter, Susanna.


Parents
DE ARBOREA Comita II (ABT 1085 - 1147)
DE ORRUBU Elena ()

Siblings
DE ARBOREA Barisone II (ABT 1110 - 1186)

Marriage To DE LACON Pellegrina ()
    m.  

Notes


Children by DE LACON Pellegrina 
DE ARBOREA Ispella (ABT 1158 - )

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