Lambert of Italy
king of Italy, Holy Roman Emperor, and Duke of Spoleto and Camerino (880-898)
Lambert (c. 880 – 15 October 898) was the King of Italy from 891, Holy Roman Emperor, co-ruling with his father from 892, and Duke of Spoleto and Camerino (as Lambert II) from his father's death in 894.
Lambert of Italy | |
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Emperor of the Romans | |
Emperor in Italy | |
Reign | 891–898 |
Predecessor | Guy III of Spoleto |
Successor | Arnulf of Carinthia |
Died | 898 Spinetta Marengo, Italy |
Burial | |
House | Guideschi |
Father | Guy III of Spoleto |
Mother | Ageltrude |
He was the son of Guy III of Spoleto and Ageltrude, born in San Rufino. He was the last ruler to issue a capitulary in the Carolingian tradition.[1]
References
change- ↑ Kreutz, Barbara (1996). Before the Normans: Southern Italy in the Ninth and Tenth Centuries. University of Pennsylvania Press.