Bernard of Italy

Bernard
Bernard
	Bernard (left) and Iustitia (right)
King of Italy
Reign	810–818
Predecessor	Pepin Carloman
Successor	Lothair I
Born	797; Vermandois, Francia
Died	17 April 818 (aged 20–21); Aachen, Francia
Burial	Milan, Lombardy
Consort	Cunigunda of Laon
Issue	Pepin, Count of Vermandois
House	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.

^ This is the identification of Huber Mordek, followed by Johannes Fried Charlemagne (Harvard University Press, 2016), p. 504. See Ildar Garipzanov, The Symbolic Language of Authority in the Carolingian World (c.751–877) (Brill, 2008), p. 233n.
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[1] This is the identification of Huber Mordek, followed by Johannes Fried Charlemagne (Harvard University Press, 2016), p. 504. See Ildar Garipzanov, The Symbolic Language of Authority in the Carolingian World (c.751–877) (Brill, 2008), p. 233n.

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Bernard
Bernard (left) and Iustitia (right)^[1]
King of Italy
Reign	810–818
Predecessor	Pepin Carloman
Successor	Lothair I

Born	797 Vermandois, Francia
Died	17 April 818(818-04-17) (aged 20–21)^[2] Aachen, Francia
Burial	Milan, Lombardy
Consort	Cunigunda of Laon
Issue	Pepin, Count of Vermandois
House	Carolingian
Father	Pepin Carloman