Judicate of Logudoro

Judicate of Torres
Iudicatus Turritanus
Torres (
Latin
)
Judicate of Torres Iudicatus Turritanus; Torres ( Latin)
10th century–1259
	Coat of arms
	Latin
Government	Judicate (kingdom)
Judge
• 1060–1073	Barisone I of Torres
• 1218–1233	Marianus II of Torres
• 1236–1259	Adelasia of Torres
History
• Established	10th century
• Disestablished	1259
Preceded by	Succeeded by
	Byzantine Empire
Republic of Sassari
Republic of Genoa
Judicate of Arborea
Malaspina family

The Judicate of Logudoro or Torres (Sardinian: Judicadu de Logudoro or Torres, Rennu de Logudoro or Logu de Torres) was one of the four kingdoms or iudicati into which Sardinia was divided during the Middle Ages. It occupied the northwest part of the island from the 10th through the 13th century, bordering the Gallura to the east, Arborea to the south, and Cagliari to the southeast. Its original capital was Porto Torres. The region is still called Logudoro today.

Logudoro was the largest and earliest of the iudicati but also the second to be subsumed by a foreign power. It was divided into twenty curatoriae, ruled by curatores.

History

Sardinia was an imperial province of the

Ardara and finally to Sassari

.

Basilica di Sant'Antioco di Bisarcio, figured capital with a portrait of Judge Barisone II of Torres

Logudoro only began to emerge from the fog of history during the reign of

Andrew Tanca

.

The kingdom of Logudoro came to an end in 1259, when the queen

Adelasia died without an heir. After this, Logudoro was effectively ruled by the Genoese families of Doria and Malaspina, and the ruling family of Arborea. Sassari meanwhile became an autonomous city-state.^[1]