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Meleri* of Brycheiniog

• Reference: 2778

1. Uffa* K of Ceredigion
2. Gwawr* of Ceredigion

                                                                                                              ________________________
                                                                                     _Eurbre Wyddel _________|________________________
                                                      _Cormac ______________________|
                                                     |                              |                         ________________________
                                                     |                              |________________________|________________________
                            _Anllach ________________|
                           |                         |                                                        ________________________
                           |                         |                               ________________________|________________________
                           |                         |______________________________|
                           |                                                        |                         ________________________
                           |                                                        |________________________|________________________
 _Brychan K of Brycheiniog_|
|                          |                                                                                  ________________________
|                          |                                                         ________________________|________________________
|                          |                          _Tewdrig K of Garthmadrun_____|
|                          |                         |                              |                         ________________________
|                          |                         |                              |________________________|________________________
|                          |_Marchell of Garthmadrun_|
|                                                    |                                                        ________________________
|                                                    |                               ________________________|________________________
|                                                    |______________________________|
|                                                                                   |                         ________________________
|                                                                                   |________________________|________________________
|
|--Meleri* of Brycheiniog
|
|                                                                                                             _Eudaf Hen K of Siluria_
|                                                                                    _Gadeon K of Dumnonia___|________________________
|                                                     _Gwrfawr _____________________|
|                                                    |                              |                         ________________________
|                                                    |                              |________________________|________________________
|                           _Tudwal K of Dumnonia____|
|                          |                         |                                                        ________________________
|                          |                         |                               ________________________|________________________
|                          |                         |______________________________|
|                          |                                                        |                         ________________________
|                          |                                                        |________________________|________________________
|_Prawst of Dumnonia_______|
                           |                                                                                  ________________________
                           |                                                         ________________________|________________________
                           |                          _Maxen Wledig Emporer of Rome_|
                           |                         |                              |                         ________________________
                           |                         |                              |________________________|________________________
                           |_Gratian ________________|
                                                     |                                                        ________________________
                                                     |                               _Eudaf Hen K of Siluria_|________________________
                                                     |_Elen Luyddog of Siluria______|
                                                                                    |                         ________________________
                                                                                    |________________________|________________________

Notes

Berenger I K of Italy

• Birth: 0850
• Death: 7 APR 0924

• Reference: 1470

• Marriage: 0899

1. Gisele of Italy

                                                                                                                      ________________________________
                                                                                          ___________________________|________________________________
                                                           ______________________________|
                                                          |                              |                            ________________________________
                                                          |                              |___________________________|________________________________
                              _Hunroch Marquis of Friuli__|
                             |                            |                                                           ________________________________
                             |                            |                               ___________________________|________________________________
                             |                            |______________________________|
                             |                                                           |                            ________________________________
                             |                                                           |___________________________|________________________________
 _Eberhard Marquis of Friuli_|
|                            |                                                                                        ________________________________
|                            |                                                            _Girard C of Paris_________|________________________________
|                            |                             _Begue C of Paris_____________|
|                            |                            |                              |                            _Carloman Mayor of Palace_______
|                            |                            |                              |_Rotrude of Austrasia______|_UNKNOWN _______________________
|                            |_Engeltron _________________|
|                                                         |                                                           _Pepin III K of the Franks______
|                                                         |                               _Charlemagne HRE___________|_Bertrada of Laon_______________
|                                                         |_Alpais ______________________|
|                                                                                        |                            ________________________________
|                                                                                        |_Himiltrude _______________|________________________________
|
|--Berenger I K of Italy
|
|                                                                                                                     _Charles Martel Mayor of Palace_
|                                                                                         _Pepin III K of the Franks_|_Rotrude _______________________
|                                                          _Charlemagne HRE______________|
|                                                         |                              |                            _Charibert C of Laon____________
|                                                         |                              |_Bertrada of Laon__________|________________________________
|                             _Louis I "the Pious" HRE____|
|                            |                            |                                                           ________________________________
|                            |                            |                               _Gerold C in Vinzgau_______|________________________________
|                            |                            |_Hildegarde the Alemannian____|
|                            |                                                           |                            _Nebi Huoching D of Alemannia___
|                            |                                                           |_Imma of Alemannia_________|________________________________
|_Gisela of France___________|
                             |                                                                                        _Ruthard C in Argengau__________
                             |                                                            _Welf II __________________|_Hermenlindis __________________
                             |                             _Welf I C of Swabia & Bavaria_|
                             |                            |                              |                            ________________________________
                             |                            |                              |___________________________|________________________________
                             |_Judith of Swabia & Bavaria_|
                                                          |                                                           ________________________________
                                                          |                               ___________________________|________________________________
                                                          |_Hegilwich ___________________|
                                                                                         |                            ________________________________
                                                                                         |___________________________|________________________________

Notes

He was Marquis of Friuli beginning in 874.

After the death of KING LOUIS II (RIN 2139) in 875, LOUIS' two uncles,

CHARLES THE BALD (Rin 1620) of France and LOUIS THE GERMAN

(RIN 1448), competed for the upper hand in Italy. Berenger was a supporter of

LOUIS. In the mid 880s, while Charles the Fat was Emporer and the ruler

of Italy, Italian politics was dominated by feuds between Berenger, who

was Charles' chief supporter, and Liutward, bishop of Vercelli.

When Charles the Fat was deposed in 887, the Italian magnates elected

Berenger as their king. He was supported by the pro-German faction.

The fact that he was a Carolingian by maternal descent was a major

factor in giving substance to his claim to the throne.

In 889, Berenger's chief rival, GUY III, MARQUIS OF SPOLETO

(RIN 4078), with the support of the pro-French nobles, was able to be

elected king, thus deposing Berenger, who retreated to his home province

of Friuli. The emporer ARNULF (RIN 1443) invaded Italy from Germany in

894. His excuse was support of Berenger, but in reality, he wanted to

bring Italy under his own rule. GUY died in this same year and ARNULF

again invaded Italy in 895-6. ARNULF was forced to return to Germany

after suffering a stroke. This left Berenger and GUY's son, Lambert, in

contention for the Italian throne. Lambert died in 898, leaving Berenger

as sole king.

The year 898 also marked the first invasion of Italy by the Hungarians.

Their invasions continued until the mid 950s. The rulers of Hungary

during this time period, ARPAD (RIN 2385), who led the Magyars into

Hungary from Asia, and his son ZOLTAN (RIN 2384), are ancestors of ours.

About this same time Arabs began to launch attacks on Piedmont from

their strongholds in Provence.

In 40 years of campaigning Berenger failed to win even one battle. His

army was annaihilated by the Hungarians. In 900, the nobles of

northwest Italy, led by ADALBERT, MARQUIS OF IVREA (RIN 1468),

revolted and elected LOUIS OF PROVENCE (i.e. KING LOUIS III)(RIN 2136)

as king. In 905 Berenger captured and blinded LOUIS and was able to rule

unopposed as king of Italy until 922. He was crowned as emporer, but

confined his interests to Italy.

In the words of Chris Wickham in his book, "Early Medieval Italy" :

"Berengar was the fulcrum between royal power and royal impotence.

Before 902 a lucky king might have re-established the centralised state

of LOUIS II. From 902 onwards, though, in some hundred surviving

diplomas, Berengar alienated away fiscal land, fortifications, rights

over town walls, juridicial powers, tolls, and other immunities, as

outright grants, on a larger scale than any Ialian king in history. It has

been quite credibly claimed that under Berengar the public institutions

of the state were so weakened that no future king would be able to

re-establish them." It was because of his inability to protect his

subjects from the ravages of the Hungarians that Berenger had to

transfer these powers to them.

In 920 Berenger enlisted Hungarian mercenaries into his army. This

caused the magnates of the nortwest to rise in defiance. They invited

KING RUDOLF II OF BURGUNDY (RIN 2333) to assume the throne of Italy.

RUDOLF defeated Berenger at Fiorenzuola in 923. The next year the

Hungarians burned Pavia, Italy's capitol city. Shortly thereafter

Berengar was assasinated.

The "Dictionary of Royal Lineage" lists two wives for Berenger -

Bertille and Anne (no ancestry given). In the genealogical charts

included in his book, "Early Medieval Italy", Chris Wickham shows

BERTILLE as the mother of Gislea.