Berenger d'Ivrea II Rei d'Italia

• Preferred Name: Berenger d'Ivrea II Rei d'Italia^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]}
  
• Alternate Name: Berengario de Ivrea II
  
• Alternate Name: Berengar d'Italia
  
• Alternate Name: Berenger of Neustria Count of Bayeux and Rennes II
  
• Gender: M
  
• FSID: L8RR-S6X
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Marchesse d'IvreaBET 923 AND 950 in Italy at LATI: N3.1 LONG: E2.3
  
• LdsEndowment: 18 JAN 1939 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• LdsBaptism: 4 MAY 1935 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• Birth: 900 in Ivrea, Torino, Piemonte, Italia at LATI: N5.4674 LONG: E0.8796
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Re d'ItaliaBET 950 AND 961
  
• Death: 4 AUG 966 in Bamberg, Bayern, Deutschland at LATI: N9.8892 LONG: E0.9097
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: King
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  "Berengar II 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."
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berengar_II_of_Italy
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1. Rozala d'Ivrea, b. 16 JUN 945 in Ivrea, Torino, Piemonte, Italy     d. 26 JAN 1003 in Ghent, , Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
2. Adalberto II, b. 932 in Ivrea, Turin, Piedmont, Italy     d. 30 APR 972 in Autun, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Francia

1. Title: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy: BERENGARIO d'Ivrea
   Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/NORTHERN%20ITALY%20900-1100.htm#BerengarioIIitalydied966B;
   Note: BERENGARIO d´Ivrea, son of ADALBERTO I Conte e Marchese d'Ivrea & his first wife Gisela di Friulia ([900]-in prison Bamberg 6 Jul 966, bur Regensburg). Liutprand names Berengar as son of "Adelberto Eporegiæ civitatis marchione [et]…Gisla Berengarii regis filia." He took part in the battle of Firenzuola against his maternal grandfather. He succeeded his father in [923/24] as BERENGARIO II Marchese d'Ivrea. In [940], he was forced to flee Ivrea by Ugo King of Italy who abolished the March of Ivrea. He was invited to the court of King Ugo, who intended to blind him, but was warned by Ugo's son Lothar and made his escape. He found refuge with Hermann Duke of Swabia, and later settled at the court of Otto I King of Germany. After returning to Italy in 945, he defeated King Ugo who was declared deposed by a diet at Milan, although Berengario allowed him to retain the title of king and himself assumed the title summus consiliarius. He was proclaimed BERENGARIO II King of Italy by a general diet at Pavia 15 Dec 950, after the death of Lothar King of Italy. However, King Otto invaded Italy, on the pretext of King Berengario's mistreatment of Adelais, the wife of his predecessor King Lothar, and himself took the title King of Italy at Pavia 23 Sep 951. Having submitted to Otto, Berengario proposed himself as viceroy in Italy, which was accepted by the council of Augsburg Aug 952. Berengario reasserted his independence. Otto sent his son Liudolf to reimpose order, but the latter died there of fever in 957. After several further years of tyrannical rule, Otto invaded Italy again in Aug 961 in response to requests for his intervention from Pope John XII and Hubert [de Provence] Duke of Spoleto, one of Berengario's main vassals. He forced Berengario's retreat to the fortress of San Giulio near Montefeltro in 962. He finally captured Berengario in 963, and took him as a prisoner to Bamberg, where he died soon after. The necrology of Fulda records the death "966 2 Non Aug" of "Berenger rex." Regino records the death of Berengario and his burial at Regensburg. m ([930/31]) WILLA d’Arles, daughter of BOSO Comte d’Avignon Marchese of Tuscany & his wife Willa --- ([910]-Bamberg after 966). "Bertam, Willam, Richildam et Gislam" are named (in order) as the four daughters of Boso and Willa by Liutprand. Willa is named "rex Hugo neptim suam…ex Willa uxore sua Boso Tusciæ provinciæ marchio regis frater" by Liutprand when he records her marriage to Berengario. She ordered the imprisonment of Adelheid, widow of her husband's predecessor Lothar [de Provence] King of Italy. She retreated with her husband to the fortress of San Giulio in the face of Otto King of Germany's invasion, but was captured and taken to Bamberg with Berengario. Regino records that Willa became a nun after her husband died before he was buried. Berengario & his wife had [seven] children:
   
2. Title: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy: BERENGARIO
   Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ITALY,%20Kings%20to%20962.htm#BerengarioIIitalydied966A;
   Note: 1. BERENGARIO ([900]-Bamberg 6 Jul 966). Liutprand names Berengar as son of "Adelberto Eporegiæ civitatis marchione [et]…Gisla Berengarii regis filia." He took part in the battle of Firenzuola against his maternal grandfather. He succeeded his father in [923/24] as BERENGARIO II Marchese d'Ivrea. In [940], he was forced to flee Ivrea by Ugo King of Italy, who abolished the March of Ivrea. He was invited to the court of King Ugo, who intended to blind him, but was warned by Ugo's son Lothar and made his escape. He found refuge with Hermann Duke of Swabia, later settling at the court of Otto I King of Germany. Returning to Italy in 945, he defeated King Ugo who was declared deposed by a diet at Milan, although Berengario allowed him to retain the title of king and himself assumed the title summus consiliarius. He was proclaimed BERENGARIO II King of Italy by a general diet at Pavia 15 Dec 950, after the death of Lothar King of Italy. However, Otto I King of Germany invaded Italy on the pretext of King Berengario's mistreatment of Adelais, the wife of his predecessor King Lothar, and himself took the title King of Italy at Pavia 23 Sep 951. Having submitted to Otto, Berengario proposed himself as viceroy in Italy, which was accepted by the council of Augsburg Aug 952. Berengario reasserted his independence. Otto sent his son Liudolf to reimpose order, but the latter died there of fever in 957. After several further years of tyrannical rule, Otto invaded Italy again in Aug 961 in response to requests for his intervention from Pope John XII and Hubert [de Provence] Duke of Spoleto, one of Berengario's main vassals. Otto forced Berengario's retreat to the fortress of San Leo near Montefeltro in 962, finally captured Berengario in 963, and took him as a prisoner to Bamberg, where he died soon after. The necrology of Fulda records the death "966 2 Non Aug" of "Berenger rex." m ([930/31]) WILLA d’Arles, daughter of BOSO Comte d’Avignon Marchese of Tuscany & his wife Willa --- ([910]-Bamberg after 966). "Bertam, Willam, Richildam et Gislam" are named (in order) the four daughters of Boso & Willa by Liutprand. Willa is named "rex Hugo neptim suam…ex Willa uxore sua Boso Tusciæ provinciæ marchio regis frater" by Liutprand when he also records her marriage to Berengar. She ordered the imprisonment of Adelheid, widow of her husband's predecessor Lothar [de Provence] King of Italy. She retreated with her husband to the fortress of San Leo in the face of Otto King of Germany's invasion, but was captured and taken to Bamberg with Berengario. She died as a nun. King Berengario & his wife had [seven] children:
   
3. Title: Counts of Flanders in Ataviae Regiae, pg. 12 [See document in the Memories section]
   Author: Ataviae Regiae, pg. 12
   Publication: Name: https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/139679316;
   Note: Counts of Flanders in Ataviae Regiae, pg. 12 [See document in the Memories section]
   Page: Counts of Flanders in Ataviae Regiae, pg. 12 [See document in the Memories section]
   
4. Title: Berengar II of Italy, "Find A Grave Index"
   Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVGN-VQX1 : 3 April 2023), Berengar II of Italy, ; Burial, , ; citing record ID 122565874, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVGN-VQX1;
   
5. Title: Pedigree of the Counts of Flanders in The Royal Families of England, Scotland and Wales, pg. Part 2, xxix [See document in the Memories section]
   Author: The Royal Families of England, Scotland and Wales, pg. Part 2, xxix
   Publication: Name: https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/140225801;
   Note: Pedigree of the Counts of Flanders in The Royal Families of England, Scotland and Wales, pg. Part 2, xxix [See document in the Memories section]
   Page: Pedigree of the Counts of Flanders in The Royal Families of England, Scotland and Wales, pg. Part 2, xxix [See document in the Memories section]
   
6. Title: Wikipedia - Berengar of Italy
   Author: Antapodosis ("Book of Retributions") III.1; IV.11-12; V.32. Elliott, Gillian. ""Representing Royal Authority at San Michele Maggiore in Pavia"". Zeitschrift fur Kunstgeschichte 77 (2014). Retrieved 30 July 2022. Philip Grierson and Mark Blackburn, Medieval European Coinage: Volume 1, The Early Middle Ages (5th-10th Centuries) (Cambridge University Press, 1986) 258.
   Publication: Name: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Berengar_II_of_Italy;
   Note: 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. Berengar II King of Italy Reign 950–961 Predecessor Lothair II Successor Otto I Born c. 900 Died 4 August 966 Bamberg Castle, March of the Nordgau, Kingdom of Germany Spouse Willa of Tuscany Issue Adalbert of Italy Guy of Ivrea Conrad of Ivrea Rozala of Italy House Anscarids Father Adalbert I of Ivrea Mother Gisela of Friuli Ruling Ivrea (923–50) Berengar was a son of Margrave Adalbert I of Ivrea and his wife Gisela of Friuli, daughter of the Unruoching king Berengar I of Italy. He succeeded his father as margrave about 923 and married Willa, daughter of the Bosonid margrave Boso of Tuscany and niece of King Hugh of Italy. The chronicler Liutprand of Cremona, raised at Berengar's court at Pavia, gives several particularly vivid accounts of her character. About 940 Berengar led a revolt of Italian nobles against the rule of his uncle. To evade an assault by Hugh's liensmen, he, forewarned by the king's young son Lothair, had to flee to the court of King Otto I of Germany. Otto avoided taking sides; nevertheless, in 945 Berengar was able to return to Italy with hired troops, welcomed by the local nobility. Hugh was defeated and retired to Arles, and he was nominally succeeded by Lothair. From the time of Berengar's successful uprising, all real power and patronage in the Kingdom of Italy was concentrated in his hands, with Hugh's son Lothair as titular king. Lothair's brief reign ended upon his early death in 950, presumably poisoned. Ruling Italy (950–61) Berengar then assumed the royal title with his son Adalbert as co-ruler and were crowned in Pavia, in the Basilica of San Michele Maggiore. He attempted to legitimize his kingship by forcing Lothair's widow Adelaide, the respective daughter, daughter-in-law, and widow of the last three Italian kings, into marriage with Adalbert. However, the young woman fiercely refused, whereafter Berengar had her imprisoned at Garda Castle, allegedly mistreated by Berengar's wife Willa. With the help of Count Adalbert Atto of Canossa she managed to flee and entreated the protection of King Otto of Germany. Otto, himself a widower since 946, took the occasion to gain the Iron Crown of Lombardy: Adelaide's requests for intervention resulted in his 951 invasion of Italy. Berengar had to entrench himself at San Marino, while Otto received the homage of the Italian nobility, married Adelaide himself, and assumed the title of a King of the Lombards. He afterwards returned to Germany, appointing his son-in-law Conrad Italian regent at Pavia. Berengar by Conrad's agency appeared at the 952 Reichstag in Augsburg and paid homage to Otto. He and his son Adalbert remained Italian kings as Otto's vassals, though they had to cede the territory of the former March of Friuli to him, which the German king enfeoffed to his younger brother Duke Henry I of Bavaria as the Imperial March of Verona. When Otto had to deal with the revolt of his son, Duke Liudolf of Swabia in 953, Berengar attacked the Veronese march and also laid siege to Count Adalbert Atto's Canossa Castle. Losing control and death (961–66) In 960, Berengar invaded the Papal States under Pope John XII, on whose appeal finally King Otto, aiming at his coronation as Holy Roman Emperor, again marched against Italy. Berengar's troops deserted him and Otto by Christmas 961 had taken Pavia by default and declared Berengar deposed. He proceeded to Rome, where he was crowned emperor on 2 February 962. He then once more turned against Berengar, who was besieged at San Leo. Meanwhile, Pope John had entered into negotiations with Berengar's son Adalbert, which in 963 caused Otto to move into Rome, where he deposed the pope and had Pope Leo VIII elected. The next year, Berengar finally surrendered to Otto's forces; he was imprisoned at Bamberg in Germany, where he died in August 966. His wife Willa spent the rest of her life in a German nunnery.
   
7. Title: Counts of Flanders in Burke's The Royal Families of England, Scotland and Wales, pgs. Part 1, v, vi and vii [See document in the Memories section]
   Author: Burke's The Royal Families of England, Scotland and Wales, pgs. Part 1, v, vi and vii
   Publication: Name: https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/140224517;
   Note: Counts of Flanders in Burke's The Royal Families of England, Scotland and Wales, pgs. Part 1, v, vi and vii [See document in the Memories section]
   Page: Counts of Flanders in Burke's The Royal Families of England, Scotland and Wales, pgs. Part 1, v, vi and vii [See document in the Memories section]
   
8. Title: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current
   Publication: Name: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=9289&h=24901710&indiv=try;