Berengar II of Italy

Berengar II
Berengar bows to King Otto, Manuscriptum Mediolanense, c. 1200
King of Italy
Reign	950–961
Predecessor	Lothair II
Successor	Otto I
Born	c. 900
Died	4 August 966 Bamberg Castle, March of the Nordgau, Kingdom of Germany
Spouse	Willa of Tuscany
Issue	Adalbert of Italy Guy of Ivrea Conrad of Ivrea Rozala of Italy
House	Anscarids
Father	Adalbert I of Ivrea
Mother	Gisela 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.