Marozia (c. 890-c. 937) is from the Italian *Maria*. **The Roman senatrix who effectively controlled the papacy in the early 10th century** — through her relationships with multiple popes and her son **Pope John XI**, grandson Pope John XII, **and great-grandson Pope Benedict VII**. Historians call this era "the Pornocracy" — the lurid Latin chronicles say she was Pope Sergius III's mistress at fifteen. Eventually imprisoned by her own son Alberic II.
Featured in Lampert of Hersfeld and Liutprand of Cremona's chronicles.
Marozia reduces to seven — the number of Roman senatrix.