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Bernard

Male 797 - 818  (21 years)


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  • Name Bernard  
    Born 797 
    Gender Male 
    Died 17 Apr 818 
    Person ID I7362  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Father Pépin,   b. Apr 773, of Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jul 810, Milan, Milano, Lombardia, Italy Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 37 years) 
    Family ID F3242  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Cunegonde,   d. Aft 835 
    Children 
     1. Pépin,   b. From 815 to 818,   d. Aft 840  (Age ~ 26 years)
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F3241  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
      “BERNARD, King of Italy, 812/13-817, illegitimate son, born about 797. He married CUNEGONDE ___. They had one son, [Count] Pépin (or Pippin). In 817 Emperor Louis divided the administration of the Empire; his eldest son Lothair was given Italy with the title of emperor. Bernard, though apparently not dispossessed, was not included. Bernard revolted against Louis, with the support of several of his father's Frankish followers in Italy. The revolt failed, and Louis had Bernard tried at Aachen and blinded. BERNARD, King of Italy, died 17 April 818. In 835 his widow, Cunegonde, founded the monastery of Santo Alessandro of Parma (date of her charter).
      Affo Storia della Città di Parma 1 (1792): 283-285 (charter of Cunigonde, widow of King Bernard: "Ideo ego in Dei nomine Cunicunda relicta quondam Bernardi inclite regis, cogitans pro mercedem & remedium anime seniori meo Bernardi vel mea, seu filio meo Pippino, ... Sign. + m. Cunicunde qui hanc cartola tradicionis fieri rogavit"). Pertz Monumenta Germaniæ Historica, Scriptores Series 1 (1826): 567 (Reginonis Chronicon sub A.D. 818: "Bernhardus filius Pippini, rex Italiae, Aquis evocatus ad imperatorem dolo capitur, et primo oculis, post vita privatur."). Coxe Rogeri de Wendover Chronica, sive Flores Historiarum 1 (1841): 273 (Flores Historiarum sub A.D. 819: "Bernardus, rex Itali, conspirationis contra imperatorem factæ accusatur, et reus læsæ majestatis addictus prius regno et oculis ac deinde vita privatur."). Monumenta Germaniæ Historica (Necrologia Germaniæ 1) (1888): 275 (Necrologium Augiæ Divitis: "XV kal. Aprilis [17 April] - Bernhart rex."). Brandenburg Die Nachkommen Karls des Großen (1935) III.1. Schumann Authority & Commune: Parma 833-1135 (1973). T.F.X. Noble "The Revolt of King Bernard of Italy," in Studi Medievali 15 (1974): 315-326. McKitterick Frankish-Kingdoms under the Carolingians (1983). Schwennicke Europäische Stammtafeln 3 (1984): 49 (sub Vermandois). Winter Descs. of Charlemagne (800-1400) (1987): III.3, IV.3. Wickham Early Medieval Italy: Central Power & Local Society, 400-1000 (1989): 49, 51, 57, 130. Tincani Il Monastero di San Tommaso di Reggio (2002): 24. Villata Villata dal 21 giugno 1155. 1219 Anni di Storia (2008): 16, 45 (chart).”

      2. “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
      “PÉPIN (or PIPPIN), King of Italy, 781-810, born April 773, originally named Carloman. He was baptized at Rome by Pope Hadrian 15 April 781, at which time he was given the name Pépin (or Pippin). By his mistress, he had one illegitimate son, Bernard [King of Italy]. By an unknown wife (or mistress), he had five daughters, Adailhaide, Atula, Guntrada, Berthold, and Theoderade. PÉPIN (or PIPPIN), King of Italy, died at Milan 8 July 810.
      Monumenta Germaniæ Historica (Necrologia Germaniæ 1) (1888): 277 (Necrologium Augiæ Divitis: "VIII id. Julius [8 July] - Pippinus rex."); (Necrologia Germaniæ 4) (1920): 51 (Necrologium Monasterii Altahae Inferioris: "VIII. id. Julius [8 July] - Pippinus rex."). Halphen Recueil d'Annales Angevines et Vendômoises (1903): 51 (Annales de Vendôme sub A.D. 810: "Pippinus, filius Karoli Magni, rex Italie, obiit VIII idus julii [8 July]."). Brandenburg Die Nachkommen Karls des Großen (1935) 11.3. Werner (1967) 11,5 (no identification of marriages of daughters). Rösch (1977): 67 (Karlmann) (married "c 795 N.N., nach Mer.: Bertha (?)"; "Eine der 4 letztgenannten Töchter soll nach Wi. 1, S. 182 u. 193 den Gf Lambert I. v. Nantes, + 836-09-01, so. des Gf Wido, geheiratet haben. We. lässt diese Angabe unberücksichtigt"). NEHGR 109: 175-178. Schwennicke Europäische Stammtafeln 3 (1984): 49 (sub Vermandois). Winter Descs. of Charlemagne (800-1400) (1987): II.4, III.3-III.8.”