Individual Details

Berenger I UNRUOCHINGS Margrave, HRE

(845 - 7 Apr 924)

Berengar rose to become one of the most influential laymen in the empire of Charles the Fat before he was elected to replace Charles in Italy after the latter's deposition. His long reign of 36 years saw him opposed by no less than seven other claimants to the Italian throne. Though he is sometimes seen as a "national" king in Italian histories, he was in fact of Frankish birth. His reign is usually characterised as "troubled" because of the many competitors for the crown and because of the arrival of Magyar raiders in Western Europe. He was the last emperor before Otto the Great was crowned in 962, after a 38-year interregnum.

Events

Birth845
Death7 Apr 924Provincia di Verona, Italy

Families

SpouseBerthila SPOLETO (850 - 915)
ChildGisela FRIULIANO (882 - 910)
FatherEberhard UNRUOCHINGS Frankish Duke Friuli (815 - 866)
MotherGisela CAROLINGIAN (818 - 874)
SiblingHeilwise FRIULANO (860 - 936)