Caffaro di Rustico da Caschifellone [SEP] place of death
Caffaro di Rustico da Caschifellone
Caffaro di Rustico da Caschifellone ( 1080 – c. 1164) was a statesman, diplomat, admiral and historian of the Republic of Genoa. Between 1122 and 1149 he served eight terms as a consul. His most enduring work was the "Annales ianuenses" ("Genoese annals"), the official history of the Genoese republic, which he began and which was continued by successors down to 1294. He also wrote "Ystoria captionis Almarie et Turtuose", an account of the siege of Almería
Milan. Key knights in this contingent included Caffaro di Rustico da Caschifellone and Guy II the Red of Rochefort and his brother Milo I, Lord of Montlhéry.
- The Bavarian Contingent under Welf I, Duke of Bavaria, who fought in the Crusade of 1101. The historian Ekkehard of Aura accompanied Welf.
- Austrian Army of Ida of Cham, the widow of Leopold II, Margrave of Austria, fighting in the Crusade of 1101. (See Women in the Crusades.)
- The Contingent of Eustace III