Bertila of Spoleto

Female Abt 860 - 915  (~ 55 years)


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  • Name Bertila of Spoleto  [1, 2
    Born Abt 860  [2
    Gender Female 
    Died Dec 915  [2
    Notes 
    • Bertila of Spoleto (c. 860 - December 915) was the wife of Berengar I of Italy, and by marriage Queen consort of Italy and Holy Roman Empress.

      She was the daughter of Suppo II (c. 835 - c. 885), and of Bertha (dead by 921). Her paternal grandfather was Adelchis I of Spoleto, second son of Suppo I and father of Suppo II.

      She married Berengar c. 880, becoming Queen of Italy in 888. However, her husband lost his throne in the following year to Guy of Spoleto. Berengar began to reassert his power in 896, after the fall of the Spoleto family, and the withdrawal of Emperor Arnulf from the peninsula; however, a defeat by a Magyar army, and the decision by the Italian nobles to appoint Louis of Provence as King of Italy, delayed the King and Queen's formal return to power until 905.

      Bertila became Holy Roman Empress, after her husband was crowned Emperor in 915. She died in the December of the same year.

      Bertila and Berengar had several children. Their daughter Gisela (882-910) married Adalbert I of Ivrea, who were the parents of Berengar II of Italy.
    Person ID I5035  Bosdet Genealogy
    Last Modified 16 May 2013 

    Father Suppo, II,   b. Abt 835,   d. Abt 885  (Age ~ 50 years) 
    Relationship Natural 
    Family ID F1921  Group Sheet

    Family Berenger of Fuili, Emperor of Italy,   b. Abt 845,   d. 07 Apr 924  (Age ~ 79 years) 
    Married Abt 880  [2
    Children 
     1. Rosela of Italy
     2. Gisella of Friuli
    Family ID F1654  Group Sheet

  • Sources 
    1. [S174] Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berengar_I_of_Italy.

    2. [S370] Medieval Lands, Brittany, Charles Cawley.