Berengar II

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | 418 words | Copyright

Berengar II , d. 966, marquis of Ivrea . In 950 he made himself and his son joint kings of Italy, but his great unpopularity and his attempt to force Adelaide , his predecessor's widow, to marry his son, brought the intervention (951) of Otto I of Germany. Berengar swore fealty to Otto in 952. Later he ravaged Italy and intrigued with Pope John XII against Otto, who captured and imprisoned Berengar in 963.

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