Berengar II d' Ivrea King of Italy 2
- Born: Abt 900 1 2
- Marriage: Willa di Toscana before 936 1
- Died: 6 Aug 966 about age 66 1 2
 General Notes:
Berengar II d'Ivrea, King of Italy gained the title of King Berengar II of Italy in 950. He was deposed as King of Italy in 963.
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Burke called him Marquis d'Ivree and Roi d'Italie, also Margrave of Ivrea, count of Milan.
BERENGARIO, MARCHESE D'IVREA E DI GISLA.
Berengar was important in the career of the German king and Holy Roman emperor Otto I the Great. For several months in 951 he held captive Adelaide, the daughter and widow of kings of Italy; she escaped and married Otto, who assumed the title of king of the Lombards and made Berengar his vassal. Later (from 960) Berengar and his son Adalbert attacked Pope John XII, on whose appeal Otto marched into Rome and was crowned emperor (962). John's subsequent negotiations with Berengar caused Otto to depose the pope and imprison Berengar in Germany (963).
He was a King of Italy from 950 to 961.
[source: Ketil Ken Nygaard's Genealogy, http://nygaard.howards.net/]
Berengar married Willa di Toscana, daughter of Boson di Toscana Marchese di Toscana and Willa II di Borgogna, before 936.1 (Willa di Toscana was born before 926 1 and died after 6 Aug 966 1.)
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