Vol. 4: A 1209 usque ad 1300

The Commune of Koper authorizes ten of its citizens to represent the Commune in reaching a peace treaty between the patriarch of Aquileia and the count of Gorizia.

Manfred Cagapisto and Jacob Porrezionis, the official representatives of Aquileian Patriarch Raymond della Torre, conclude a new treaty with Doge Lorenzo Tiepolo and the Commune of Venice, reestablishing the relations as defined in a previous treaty from 1254 signed between Patriarch Gregory of Montelongo and Doge Ranieri Zeno; the representatives of the patriarch also promise to have the count of Gorizia sign the treaty once he settles his differences with the incumbent patriarch, to reimburse to the Venetians all the damages that they had suffered during the period in which the 1254 treaty had not been respected by the patriarchs, and to make sure that all the roads remain free and open to Venetian merchants.

A peace treaty is reached between Aquileian Patriarch Raymond della Torre and his advocate Albert, Count of Gorizia, together with his allies which included the Commune of Koper and Piran.

Aquileian Patriarch Raymond della Torre promises Count Albert I of Gorizia that he will grant him the village of Barban in Istria, in accordance with the terms of arbitration previously agreed upon by their respective representatives, once he has received absolution from his current excommunication, so that the excommunication shall not prejudice Albert’s future claim to the property.

At the behest of the Venetian ambassador Pietro Quirino and in front of the incumbent Venetian vicedominus in Aquileia, Pietro Foscari, Raymond della Torre, the patriarch of Aquileia, by way of his representative Guido Inglozio, solemnly swears to uphold the treaty that his envoys concluded with Venice [in 1275].

Giovanni Dandolo, the doge of Venice, gives instructions to his ambassadors at the court of the Aquileian patriarch [Raymond della Torre], advising them on how to proceed on a number of issues, including the problems surrounding the Venetian jurisdictions in Istria, for which he recommends procuring a lease of the patriarch’s rights in the region.

Aquileian patriarch [Raymond della Torre] catalogs his supposed rights and prerogatives in Istria to Venetian ambassadors [Marino Dauro and Pietro Tiepolo] – the Iura domini patriarche ac ecclesie Aquilegiensis in tota Istria.

Marino Coppo details the conditions demanded by the Aquileian patriarch [Raymond della Torre] for the lease of the cataloged rights in Istria [doc. 1280_IURA] to Venice for a period of twenty-nine years.

Aquileian Patriarch Raymond della Torre and Count Albert I of Gorizia submit their dispute regarding a number of contentious matters to the arbitration of Count Maynard II of Tirol and Gherardo III of Camino.

Arbitral award pronounced by Count Maynard II of Tirol and Gherardo III of Camino regarding a number of contentious issues between the Aquileian Patriarch Raymond della Torre and Count Albert I of Gorizia.

Hugh II of Duino appoints Dietrich of Momjan as his representative to inform the brothers of House Pula that he consents to the delivery of the sentence promulgated by Duke Ulrich III Spanheim of Carinthia, previously deposited with him and the late Monfiorito of Pula by Patriarch Raymond and Count Albert I of Gorizia, to whichever messenger the patriarch might send for this purpose.

The Commune of Piran constitutes its procurators and authorizes them to journey to Venice and offer the subjection of their commune to the doge and the Commune of Venice and negotiate the terms of this subjection.

The Great Council of Venice deliberates on the offered subjection of the Commune of Piran and decides to accept it.

Venetian Doge Giovanni Dandolo officially accepts and ratifies the subjection of the Commune of Piran.

Aquileian Patriarch Raymond della Torre and Count Albert I of Gorizia enter into a military alliance directed against Venice.

With the help of Fulcher, the bishop of Concordia, a peace treaty is reached, signed between Venice on the one side and the Patriarchate of Aquileia, the count of Gorizia, and the Commune of Trieste on the other, ending the war that had begun in 1283.

The elected arbitrators and envoys deliberate over the dispute between the Commune of Venice and the Patriarchate of Aquileia regarding the jurisdiction over Istrian communes recognizing Venetian authority, reaching absolutely no conclusion after six sessions.

Count Albert I of Gorizia grants to his faithful vassal Charles called Carstmann of Pazin and his heirs and brothers half of a mill on the River Raša, which had reverted to the count after the death of Nassinguerra, son of Lord Wernher of Rakalj, as a legal and proper fief with all its appurtenances.

Records of negotiations between Venice and Patriarch Raymond della Torre regarding jurisdictions in Istria, mediated by Bishop Bernard of Tripoli: first, Venice elects its negotiators; second, Patriarch Raymond issues his statement; third, the Venetian envoys present their terms in two separate statements; finally, Patriarch Raymond responds to Venetian terms and a semblance of a peace treaty begins to take shape.

Records of negotiations between Venice and Patriarch Raymond della Torre regarding jurisdictions in Istria, mediated by Bishop Bernard of Tripoli. On Bernard’s suggestion, the parties negotiate regarding a partial restitution of Venetian towns in Istria, a two-year truce, and a lasting peace following the promulgation of the arbitrational sentence of Pope Nicholas IV, the jointly elected judge arbiter in the dispute regarding Istrian jurisdictions.

The Commune of Venice – represented by the deputies of the doge, who was too ill to attend personally, and the Great Council – constitute five procurators to enter into arbitration with Pope Nicholas IV and Bishop Bernard of Tripoli regarding the dispute with Aquileian Patriarch Raymond della Torre over Istrian jurisdictions and to sign a truce or a peace treaty with the same prelate.

Records of negotiations between Venice and Patriarch Raymond della Torre regarding jurisdictions in Istria, mediated by Bishop Bernard of Tripoli. After Patriarch Raymond’s reply and counterproposal, a final sketch of the treaty is presented to the parties.

King Rudolf I issues a privilege to Boniface, the bishop of Poreč, confirming the earlier privilege issued to the Bishopric of Poreč by Otto II in 983, declaring all the previous alienations of the bishopric’s properties invalid, and confirming and re-granting the secular jurisdiction over Vrsar to the same bishopric.

Venice signs a peace treaty with the patriarch of Aquileia, Count Albert I of Gorizia, and the Commune of Trieste, ending their final conflict and restoring amicable relations as defined by their previous pacts; Venice retains the jurisdictions over the subjected communities in Istria with the exception of Muggia, Buje, and Dvigrad; the settlement of the dispute over the jurisdictions in Istria between Venice and the Patriarchate of Aquileia is entrusted to Pope Nicholas IV.

Count Albert I of Gorizia appoints Ottolino of Koper as his official procurator, authorizing him to request and receive, on his behalf, the investiture of all fiefs held by the House of Gorizia from the Bishopric of Poreč from Bishop Boniface, and to swear the oath of fealty in his name.