Hugh
Margrave of Tuscany
Years: 953 - 1001
Hugh (953/4 – 21 December 1001), called the Great, is s the Margrave of Tuscany from 969 until his death, and the Duke of Spoleto and Margrave of Camerino from 989 to 996 (as "Hugh II").
He restores the state apparatus in Tuscany after decades of neglect by margraves whose main interests lay elsewhere.
Hugh supports the new Ottonian dynasty (in Italy since 961), and is praised for his justice by the contemporary theologian Peter Damian in his De principis officio.
