Arnulf II (died 25 February 1018, in

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) was

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from 998 to 1018. He descended from the noble family of Arsago, being the son of Dagibert of Arsago. Among his brothers, Landulf of Arsago was

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. In 1001,

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, at the time living in

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, sent him to

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to take a Byzantine princess as his future wife and empress. However Arnulf II, on his journey back to Rome, was reached by the news of the emperor's death.See the chronicle of

Arnulf of Milan Arnulf of Milan, or Arnulfus Mediolanensis ( 1018–1077) was a medieval chronicler of events in Northern Italy. He was the great-nephew of Archbishop Arnulf I of Milan. Arnulf was born in the late 10th or early 11th century. He gives eyewitness ...

(Arnulfi Liber gestorum recentium). When

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, in lieu of Henry of Saxony (the future

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), dynastic successor of Otto III, was elected

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and crowned in

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, the traditional site of crowning of the Lombard and Italian kings, Arnulf II stood on the side of Henry. After the defeat of Arduin of Ivrea, Arnulf II went to Pavia to crown Henry of Saxony, on 15 May 1004, new King of Italy.

Notes

Sources

* Arnulfi Liber gestorum recentium, Hg. Claudia Zey, Monumenta Germaniae historica Scriptores rerum Germanicarum in usum scholarum separatim edit 67, Hannover 1994.

References

* Savio F., Gli antichi vescovi d'Italia. 2. Lombardia 1 Milano, Firenze 1913. * Beretta E., Note sulla famiglia dell'arcivescovo Arnolfo II d'Arsago (sec. VIII-XI), Archivio ambrosiano 33 (1977). {{DEFAULTSORT:Arnulf Ii, Archbishop Of Milan 1018 deaths 11th-century archbishops 11th-century Italian clergy Archbishops of Milan Year of birth unknown