Lambert of Italy
Appearance
Lambert of Italy | |
---|---|
Emperor of the Romans | |
Lambert (second from left) depicted as one of the kings who had favoured and protected the abbey of San Clemente a Casauria. From the Chronicon Casauriense, 12th-century manuscript | |
Emperor in Italy | |
Reign | 891–898 |
Predecessor | Guy III of Spoleto |
Successor | Arnulf of Carinthia |
Died | 898 Spinetta Marengo, Italy |
Burial | |
House | Guideschi |
Father | Guy III of Spoleto |
Mother | Ageltrude |
Lambert (c. 880 – 15 October 898) was the King of Italy from 891, Holy Roman Emperor, co-ruling with his father from 892, and Duke of Spoleto and Camerino (as Lambert II) from his father's death in 894.
He was the son of Guy III of Spoleto and Ageltrude, born in San Rufino. He was the last ruler to issue a capitulary in the Carolingian tradition.[1]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Kreutz, Barbara (1996). Before the Normans: Southern Italy in the Ninth and Tenth Centuries. University of Pennsylvania Press.