Auriate
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Auriate was a county in
medieval Italy on the eastern slopes of the Western Alps lying between Cuneo and Saluzzo. The county existed from the late ninth century to the middle of the tenth. The name of the county survives in that of the comune of Valloriate
.
The earliest known count was one Rodulf, who died in 902, leaving the county to a
Iron Crown of Lombardy in 950. The following year (951) Berengar completed a reorganisation of western Lombardy, creating three new marches to better defend the coast from Saracen attacks: the March of Genoa (Eastern Liguria), the March of Montferrat (Western Liguria), and the March of Turin
. Arduin was created the first Margrave of Turin.
At this time Auriate disappears from the records as a distinct entity, but it remained the centre of the property of the
March of Saluzzo
.
References
- M. G. Bertolini. "Arduino." Dizionario biografico degli Italiani, VI:49–52. Rome: Società Grafica Romana, 1964.
- Francesco Cognasso. Storia di Torino. Florence: Giunti Editore, 2002.