Berengar II of Italy

Berengar II
Berengar bows to King Otto, Manuscriptum Mediolanense, c. 1200
King of Italy
Reign950–961
PredecessorLothair II
SuccessorOtto I
Bornc. 900
Died4 August 966
Bamberg Castle,
March of the Nordgau,
Kingdom of Germany
SpouseWilla of Tuscany
IssueAdalbert of Italy
Guy of Ivrea
Conrad of Ivrea
Rozala of Italy
HouseAnscarids
FatherAdalbert I of Ivrea
MotherGisela of Friuli

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.