Engelberga av Spoleto
född 826, död 897
Engelberga av Spoleto
f. 826
Spoleto, Perugia, Italien

d. 897
Piacenza, Padova, Veneto, Italien

Drottning av Italien 851-875, Tysk-Romersk Kejsarinna 851-875


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Adelchis av Spoleto

f. 790
Spoleto, Perugia, Umbria, Italien
d. 845
Spoleto, Perugia, Umbria, Italien
Hertig av Spoleto 824-834

Suppo av Spoleto

f. 760 Spoleto, Perugia, Umbria, Italien
d. 824-03-05 Spoleto, Perugia, Umbria, Italien
Hertig av Spoleto 822-824
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
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Engelberga av Spoleto, född 826 i Spoleto, Perugia, Italien, död 897 i Piacenza, Padova, Veneto, Italien. Drottning av Italien 851-875, Tysk-Romersk Kejsarinna 851-875.

In 856, the imperial couple were hosted in Venice by Doge Pietro Tradonico and his son Giovanni Tradonico. A few years later, Engelberga began to exert her influence in a conflict between Pope Nicholas I and Archbishop John of Ravenna. Seen as insubordinate by the Pope, John was thrice summoned to appear before a papal tribunal. Instead, he took refuge in the imperial court at Pavia, where Engelberga attempted to intervene with Rome on his behalf. Though ultimately unsuccessful, the incident was the beginning of Engelberga's efforts to assert her influence as empress.

In 862, Louis's brother Lothair II sought to annul his marriage to Teutberga, as she had failed to bear him any children. The local bishops had blessed the annulment and Lothair's subsequent remarriage, but in November 863, Pope Nicolas summoned the bishops to Rome and excommunicated them for their violation of ecclesiastical law. The bishops fled to Louis's court and pleaded their case, resulting in the Emperor laying siege to the Holy See in January 864. Engelberga sent a communication to Nicholas, guaranteeing his safety if he were to come to court to negotiate with her husband. Their meeting resulted in an agreement whereby the bishops were allowed to return and the siege was ended.

In subsequent years she was granted additional titles by her husband, due in large part to her diplomatic role. In 868, she became abbess of San Salvatore, Brescia, a convent with a history of royal abbesses.

In January 872, the aristocracy tried to have her removed, as she had not borne the emperor any sons. Instead, Louis opened negotiations with Louis the German, King of East Francia, to make him his heir.

In order to sideline Engelberga, the nobility elected Charles the Bald, King of West Francia, on Louis's death in 875. Boso V of Arles, a faithful of Charles, kidnapped Engelberga and her only surviving daughter, Ermengard. He forced the latter to marry him in June 876, at the same time he was made Charles' governor in Italy with the title of dux.

With Engelberga's backing, Boso declared himself King of Provence on 15 October 879. Subsequently, Engelberga was banished to Swabia. After Charles the Fat's forces took Vienne in 882, Engelberga was allowed to return to Italy. In 896, she became abbess of her own foundation of San Sisto, Piacenza, but died shortly afterward.


Gift 851-10-05 med
Ludwig II av Italien, född 825 i Metz, Moselle, Lorraine, Frankrike, död 875-08-12 i Brescia, Lombardia, Italien. Kung av Italien 839-875, Tysk-Romersk kejsare 844-875. Buried - Santo Ambrosio, Milano, Lombardia, Italien.

Barn:
Ermengarde av Italien, född 843, död 896-06-02


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