Berengar II of Italy

Male


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  • Name Berengar II of Italy 
    Gender Male 
    Person ID I10388  Database
    Last Modified 9 Jan 2021 

    Father Adalbert I of Ivrea   d. Aft 28 Feb 929 
    Mother Gisela of Friuli,   b. ~876   d. Aft 23 Jan 913 
    Family ID F4312  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Spouse / Partner Willa of Tuscany,   b. ~912   d. 970 
    Children 
       1. Female Urraca de Lombardia Ivrea,   b. 956   d. 1008 (Age 52 years)
    Family ID F4313  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Jan 2021 

  • Notes 
    • Berengar II (c. 900 - 4 August 966) was the King of Italy from 950 until his deposition in 961. He was a scion of the Anscarid and Unruoching dynasties, and was named after his maternal grandfather, Berengar I. He succeeded his father as Margrave of Ivrea around 923 (whence he is often known as Berengar of Ivrea), and after 940 led the aristocratic opposition to Kings Hugh and Lothair II. In 950 he succeeded the latter and had his son, Adalbert crowned as his co-ruler. In 952 he recognised the suzerainty of Otto I of Germany, but he later joined a revolt against him. In 960 he invaded the Papal States, and the next year his kingdom was conquered by Otto. Berengar remained at large until his surrender in 964. He died imprisoned in Germany two years later.