d. between 1 Dec. 898- Mar. 902

Anschier was Comte d'Oscheret in 888, and counsellor to Boson, King of Burgundy and Provence. With his brother Foulques, Archbishop of Reims, he invited Guido II, Duke of Spoleto to become King of France to oppose Charles III "le Gros" who had lost Burgundy to the Viking invaders after his accession to the throne in 884. He went with Guido back to Italy after the election of Eudes, King of Burgundy as King of France in 888. While in Italy he was counsellor to Guido and was involved in the campaigns against Arnulf, King of Germany who invaded Italy in 894 and 896. He was made Anscario I, Marchese d'Ivrea in 896. He was chief counsellor to Berengario I, King of Italy in 898.

m.1. GISELLA di FRIULIA- d. of Berengario, Marchese di Friulia and Bertila di Spoleto
2. Ermengarde of Tuscany, d. of Adalberto, Marchese of Tuscany, Conte di Canossa & Bertha of Lotharingia
d. 17 July 923- 8 Oct. 924

Abelbreta rebelled against Berengario I, King of Italy, in 896, supporting the rival candidate Louis III, King of Provence, as King of Italy. After the defeat of the latter in 905, Adalberto was exiled across the Alps back to Burgundy. "Berengarius rex" donated property to the church of Vercelli, at the request of "Adelberti�marchionis et�generi nostri et Grimaldi�comitis", by charter dated 26 Jan 913(1) "Berengarius rex" granted property "in comitatu Laumellino�curte�Cario" to "Autberto vicecomiti", at the request of "Adalbertum�marchionem�generum nostrum atque Grimaldum�comitem", by charter dated 913 (2) He rebelled a second time against Berengario in alliance with Lambert, Archbishop of Milan, this time in support of Rudolf II, King of Burgundy-Transjurania, another rival candidate as King. Initially defeated, he and Rudolf finally defeated Berengario at Firenzuola 29 Jul 923.

Ref:

(1) Berengario I Diplomi- LXXXVII, p. 232
(2) Ibid- XCIII, p. 247

b.c.900
m. WILLA di TOSCANA, d. of Boson di Toscana and Willa di Borgogna
d. 6 Aug. 966 Bamberg Castle, bur. Regensburg

Liutprand of Cremona lists Berengar as son of "Adelberto Eporegiae civitatis marchione et Gisla Gerengarii regis filia"(1)

Berengar of Ivrea , succeeded his father in 924 as the Margrave of Ivrea but was forced to flee by Hugh, King of Italy who abolished the March of Ivrea. He was invited to the court of King Ugo/Hugh, who intended to blind him, but was warned by Ugo's son Lothar and made his escape. He found refuge with Hermann Duke of Swabia, and later settled at the court of Otto I, King of Germany. After returning to Italy in 945, he defeated King Hugh who was declared deposed by a diet at Milan, although Berengario allowed him to retain the title of king and himself assumed the title "summus consiliarius". Upon the withdrawl of Hugh he left his son Lothar as titular king. Lothar's reign ended upon his death in 950 and Berengar was proclaimed Berengario II, King of Italy, by a general diet at Pavia 15 Dec 950. Berengar tried to force a marriage between his son Adalbert and Lothar's widow Adelaide who was the respective daughter, daughter-in-law and widow of the previous three kings of Italy. She requested the protection of Otto, King of Germany who invaded in 951. Otto received the homage of the nobility and assumed the title of King of the Lombards at Pavia 23 Sept. 951, forced Berengar to pay him homage and married Adelaide himself. Having submitted to Otto, Berengario proposed himself as viceroy in Italy, which was accepted by the council of Augsburg Aug 952. Berengario then reasserted his independence. Otto sent his son Liudolf to reimpose order, but the latter died there of fever in 957. After 960 they attacked Pope John XII and Hubert de Provence, Duke of Spoleto, on whose appeal Otto marched into Rome and forced Berengar's retreat to the fortress of San Giulio near Montefeltro. Otto was then crowned emperor in 962. Pope John's negociations with Berengar caused Otto to depose the pope and capture and imprison Berengar in Germany in 963. He died in prison in Bamberg in 966.(2) Willa mistreated Adelaide when Berengar held her captive in 951 and Willa was subsequently held captive in a German nunnery.(4) Liutprand of Cremona gives several accounts of Willa's character. In his marriage record of Willa and Berengar, Liutprand calls her "rex Hugo neptim suam... ex Willa uxore sua Boso Tusciae provinciae marchio regis frater".(3)

Ref:

(1) Liudprandi Antapodosis- Vol. IV, MGH SS III, p. 328
(2) Thietmar- 2.13, p. 101; Annales Necrologici Fuldenses- MGH SS XIII, p. 123; Reginonis Chronicon- 966, MGH SS I, p. 628
(3) Liudprandi Antapodosis- IV.7, MGH SS III, p. 317
(4) Reginonis Chronicon- 966, MGH SS I, p. 628

Dynasties of the World: a chronological and genealogical handbook- John Morby, Oxford University Press, 1989- p. 98