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Berengar I (Latin: Berengarius, Perngarius; Italian: Berengario; c. 845 – 7 April 924) was the king of Italy from 887. He was Holy Roman Emperor between 915 and his death in 924. He is usually known as Berengar of Friuli, since he ruled the March of Friuli from 874 until at least 890, but he had lost control of the region by 896.
Berengar (died April 7, 924) was the son of Eberhard, Frankish margrave of Friuli, king of Italy from 888 (as Berengar I), and Holy Roman emperor from 915. He was the founder of a line of princes of the 9th–11th century who in popular Italian histories are ranked incorrectly as national kings.
2 days ago · In Italy, Berengar I, a female-line Carolingian and also marquess of the still-important border area of Friuli, was well placed to be elected as a king with genuine Italian commitments in 888.
Dec 3, 2023 · Berengar I (Latin: Berengarius, Perngarius; Italian: Berengario; c. 845 – 7 April 924) was the king of Italy from 887. He was Holy Roman Emperor between 915 and his death in 924. He is usually known as Berengar of Friuli, since he ruled the March of Friuli from 874 until at least 890, but he had lost control of the region by 896.
Berengar I was the king of Italy from 887. He was Holy Roman Emperor between 915 and his death in 924. He is usually known as Berengar of Friuli, since he ruled the March of Friuli from 874 until at least 890, but he had lost control of the region by 896.
Berengar rose to become one of the most influential laymen in the empire of Charles the Fat, and he was elected to replace Charles in Italy after the latter's deposition in November 887. His long reign of 36 years saw him opposed by no less than seven other claimants to the Italian throne.
Apr 7, 2022 · Berengar rose to become one of the most influential laymen in the empire of Charles the Fat, and he was elected to replace Charles in Italy after the latter's deposition in November 887. His long reign of 36 years saw him opposed by no less than seven other claimants to the Italian throne.
Berengar was a terrible warrior: he lost straight off to the Hungarians in 899, and he never once won a pitched battle against his rivals.7 He was simply lucky that Wido died in 894, that Arnulf fell ill and withdrew from Italy in 896,
Sep 20, 2008 · He was declared king of Italy in January 888 (or perhaps in late December 887) [Dümmler (1871), 12, n. 1].
Berengar was one of the kinglets bewailed by Regino of Prum as a ruler spewed forth from the very "bowels" of his region in 888.1 His material resources were limited, his base of operations confined.
