March of Ivrea

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The March of Ivrea was a large frontier county (

Upper Burgundy
and served as a defense against any interference from that state.

History

Upon the deposition of the

Anselm II of Milan. Arnulf, King of East Francia marched against Italy to gain the Lombard crown for himself and Berengar chose to pay homage to him, which led to discord with the Italian nobility. They supported the ambitious Duke Guy III of Spoleto, who had just failed to succeed Charles in West Francia, but now with the support of Archbishop Anselm and Pope Stephen V prevailed against Berengar and had himself crowned King of Italy at Pavia
in 889.

Guy had created the March of Ivrea for his vassal

Lambert, even when King Arnulf called by Pope Formosus again invaded Italy in 894. Upon Lambert's disposition in 896 however, he turned to his rival Berengar of Friuli, who managed to secure his rule in Italy after Arnulf's death in 899. In 902 Anscar bequested the lands of Ivrea to his son Adalbert I
, who had married Berengar's daughter Gisela.

Adalbert however was on bad terms with his father-in-law: together with Margrave

Emperor Conrad II
did not appoint a new margrave.

List of Margraves of Ivrea

Sources

  • Wickham, Chris (1981). Early Medieval Italy: Central Power and Local Society 400–1000. MacMillan Press. .