Roman Nobility. Born around 892 as one of at least five children of Count Theophylact I of Tusculum and Theodora I. She was married thrice and had several children. Additionally, around 907 she was the mistress of Pope Sergius III. Around 915 she married Alberic I of Spoleto and had about four or five children by him, including Alberic II and Sergius, later Bishop of Nepi. In the early 920's her parents and her husband died. Pope John X, who up until then had been an ally, now began a policy clearly directed against Marozia and the urban oligarchy behind her. He allied himself with Hugo of Provence, the new king of Italy, whom he promised to crown emperor. He also promised him the Duchy of Spoleto, thus excluding Alberic II from his inheritance. In 924 she married Guido of Tuscany, half-brother of Hugo, who opposed Hugh's strive for hegemony. Together they attacked Rome and deposed and arrested John X, who died a year later. From about 928 to 932 she ruled the Papal States as a self-appointed Senator (Senatrix). The Popes Leo VI and Stephan VII were dependent on the families of the city nobility led by her. After Guido death in 929 she started to lose power and was in search of a husband. In February 931 she was able to have her son by Sergius III elected as John XI. She chose Hugo of Provence as her new husband, who was getting closer to his goal of becoming emperor and acquiring Rome and Tuscany. They married sometime after July 932. A few days before the coronation in December 932, however, his stepson Alberic, Marozia's eldest son, started a revolt in Rome, which was directed against both Hugo and Marozia. Hugo fled because he did not have enough men in Rome. Marozia and John XI were imprisoned at the Castel Sant'Angelo. John died in 935 at the Lateran palace. It is unclear when she died, but it is certain that she was dead when Hugh remarried in 936. A necrology names her death date June 26th, though. Marozia was the mistress, mother, grandmother, great great-grandmother and aunt of popes. The image of her as a power-hungry pornocrat is strongly influenced by the monk Liutprand of Cremona, who paints a very negative image of her, characterized by anti-Roman propaganda.