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Carolingian. Father. Pepin Carloman. Bernard (797 – 17 April 818) was the King of Italy from 810 to 818. He plotted against his uncle, Emperor Louis the Pious, when the latter's Ordinatio Imperii made Bernard a vassal of his cousin Lothair. When his plot was discovered, Louis had him blinded, a procedure which killed him.
- Pepin of Italy
Pepin or Pippin (777 – 8 July 810) was King of Italy from...
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King of Italy (Italian: Re d'Italia; Latin: Rex Italiae) was...
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Apr 26, 2022 · Bernard was the illegitimate son of King Pepin of Italy, the second legitimate son of the Emperor Charlemagne. In 810, Pepin died from an illness contracted at a siege of Venice; although Bernard was illegitimate, Charlemagne allowed him to inherit Italy.
- Neustria (within present France)
- circa 797
- Cunigundis
Other articles where Bernard is discussed: Louis I: The challenges of empire: When Louis’s nephew, King Bernard of Italy, challenged the emperor’s authority in 817, Louis swiftly quashed the rebellion, blinding Bernard and exiling the other conspirators. To forestall further dynastic challenges, Louis had his half-brothers, Drogo, Hugo, and Theoderic, tonsured and placed in monasteries.
May 23, 2007 · Father:Pépin/Pippin, d. 8 July 810, king of Italy. Mother:Chrothais. Spouse: m. ca. 815, Kunigund, d. after 15 June 835. Kunigund mentions her deceased husband Bernard and her son Pépin in a charter dated 15 June 835 [" Ideo ego in Dei nomine Cunicunda relicta quondam Bernardi inclite regis, cogitans pro mercedem & remedium anime seniori meo ...
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Bernard (797, Vermandois, Normandy 17 April 818, Milan, Lombardy), was an illegitimate son of Carloman (Pepin of Italy) , and an unknown woman. His paternal grandparents were Charlemagne and Hildegarde the Swabian. He married Cunigunda of Laon in 813, and had one son: Pepin, Count of Vermandois. Bernard was crowned King of Italy by Charlemagne. H...
Bernard and Kunigunde had one son, Pepin (or Pippin) , who was born in 815 and died after 850 i He was born in Vermandois Pepin became Seigneur de Péronne et de Saint Quentin. Comte near Paris after 834. Douglas Richardson provides one line of descent from Charlemagne to William the Conqueror and four lines of descent from Charlemagne to William's ...
Stewart Baldwin. "Bernard, King of Italy." First Uploaded 23 May 2007. The Henry Project. http://sbaldw.home.mindspring.com/hproject/prov/be...Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Kimball G. Everengham, ed. Salt Lake City, Utah: 201...Cawley, Foundation for Medieval Genealogy.[Medieval Lands Database] Accessed February 21, 2017 jhdThis profile has been edited in accordance with the Wikitree style guide for Biographies, Sources, and Acknowledgements. Details of merges, edits and other contributions may be found under the Changes tab.
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- Cunégonde (Unknown) Carolingian
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Biography. Son of Pippin of Italy and grandson of Emperor Charlemagne; became King of Italy after his father's death; captured after the invasion of Italy by the troops of Emperor Louis the Pious (Ludwig der Fromme), blinded and killed. New search.
