Eberhard of Friuli

Eberhard (* 810, † December 16 866 in Italy) of the family of Unruochinger was from 828 until his death Margrave of Friuli. Emperor Louis the Pious appointed him as the successor of the deposed at the national assembly in Aachen in February 828 Margrave Balderich of Friuli, was accused of failing in the defense of the devastating incident Omurtags and its Bulgarians in Pannonia in the summer of 827. However Soon Eric was great Mark simultaneously divided into four counties: Friuli with Istria, Karantanija Krain with Liburnia ( Frankish Croatia), and Savien.

Eberhard was a son of Unruoch II, Count of Ternois. He married around 836 Gisela ( * End 819/822; † after July 1 874 ), daughter of Louis the Pious from his second marriage with Guelph Judith. Eberhard was highly educated and was a friend of Rabanus Maurus, Hincmar of Reims and Hartgar of Liege. He founded the abbey Cysoing at Lille, where he and his wife were also buried.

Progeny

Eberhard and Gisela had five sons and five daughters. One of the sons, Berengar, later became King of Italy and Emperor of the Roman Empire.

  • Eberhard (* probably 837; † before June 20 840)
  • Ingeltrud (* 837/840; † after April 2 870)
  • Unruoch III. (* Probably 840, † 874 after July 1), 866 Margrave of Friuli, ∞ Ava, daughter of the Duke Liutfried
  • Berengar I (* probably 840/845, † 924 ) 874 Margrave of Friuli, King of Italy, 888, 915 Roman Emperor, ∞ I probably 880/890 Bertila of Spoleto ( † before December 915 ), daughter of the Duke Suppo II. , Count of Camerino, ∞ II before December 915 Anna († after May 936 )
  • Adalhard ( † after July 1, 874 ), Abbot of Cysoing
  • Rudolf ( † May 1 892 ) Graf, after 874 Abbot of Cysoing and Saint-Vaast
  • Alpais († young) buried in the Abbey Cysoing
  • Heilwig ( † after 895 ), ∞ I probably above 874 Hucbald - probably Hucbald of Dillingen - ( † after 890 ), Count of Ostrevant, ∞ II after 890 Roger I († 926 ), Count of Laon
  • Gisela († April 863), clergy in San Salvatore in Brescia
  • Judith († 863/881 ), ∞ Conrad II, Margrave of Burgundy ( † 881 )
Unruochings Duchy of Friuli Baldric of Friuli Omurtag of Bulgaria Judith of Bavaria (died 843) Berengar I of Italy Abbey of St. Vaast San Salvatore, Brescia Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani
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