The New International Encyclopædia/Berengar I.

BERENGAR, bā′r𝑒n-gär, I. (?–924). King of Italy from 888 to 924, and Roman Emperor after 915. He was originally Margrave of Friuli, and on the death of Charles the Fat (q.v.), in 888, he was crowned King of the Lombards. In the following year, however, he was defeated by Guido, Duke of Spoleto, who succeeded him as King. On the death of Lambert, son of Guido, in 898, Berengar was restored to his title, and in 915 he was crowned Emperor. Throughout his reign the nobles of Tuscany and Spoleto were opposed to him, and summoned to their aid northern princes who aspired to the imperial dignity. In despair, Berengar called in the dreaded Hungarians, and for this act, probably, he was assassinated in 924.