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**The marvelous adventures of BARISONE of Arborea 🌿 in Genoa**

Thread about the first Rex Sardiniae 👑

📸 I don't know if whoever made this drawing wanted to represent him, but that's exactly how I saw Barisone in my mind, so I like it 😆 Except the moustache. No moustache 😂

Barisone de Lacon-Serra was the son of Comita, who led several wars against Gonnario of Torres and died excommunicated. Barisone became judike likely around 1446, when he gathered all the four judikes for the consecration of the church of Bonarcado, and to discuss administrative-

-matters. He likely wanted to discuss some kind of peace/alliance among them, because the war against Torres was suspended.

He was also a diplomat; he treated with Pisa in the name of the Count of Barcelona.

He was married to Pellegrina de Lacon and they had 4 children, but -

-at one point he decides to ask the annulment of their marriage. In 1157 he married Agalbursa de Cervera, a young Catalan noblewoman, to strengthen his alliance with the Counts of Barcelona. The idea was a reciprocal help in their wars against the Moors in the Balearic Islands-

-and in Barisone's attempt to fulfill his father's project: unify Sardinia under their rule.

In his war plans, Barisone attacks Pietro of Calari during a period of inner instability, but his attack fails. In turn, he finds Pietro and his brother Barisone of Torres's troops --

-outside his castle in Cabras. Barisone needs another strong ally and he decides to turn to the Emperor Friedrich I, with the naval help of Genoa.

The naval city that he was actually trying to get rid of, leads him to Pavia, already putting into count his new crown.

In 1664, the Holy Roman Emperor names Barisone Rex Sardiniae, behind a big payment that Barisone can't pay in that moment. Friedrich I insists on having his money, and this is the exact picture of Barisone who realises he's in trouble ⬇️😂

Barisone has to turn to the Genoese to lend him the money, but they start inflicting him tight conditions on his reign. They don't let him put feet in Sardinia again until he pays the sum and once they accompany him to Aristanis, they take him back to Genoa.

Barisone is still --

-late in his payments, administrated in Sardinia by his wife Agalbursa.

After 4 years of coercive staying in Genoa, Barisone asks to be brought back home to disperse the voices that want him dead. Doing so, he increases his debt and is forced to get back to Genoa with wife and-

-children. He's also forced to officially renounce to his title of King of Sardinia, that he never possessed in reality.

They get back to Sardinia after a total of 8 years, with the exception of the heir to the throne which stays in Genoa as hostage. Barisone still has to pay--

- for his debts and he will try again to attack the Judicate of Calari, failing again. He's around 60 by now but he still has plans to fulfill. He arranges the marriage of his daughter with his brother-in-law, Ugo de Cervera, Viscount de Bas. From their union comes the following-

- ruling family of de Serra-Bas, Viscounts de Bas, judikes and juighisse of Arborea 🌿, that will still try to unify the whole of Sardinia, especially against the Aragonese oppressive regime.