Lambert (died 19 June 931) was the

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from his ordination on 5 October 921 until his death. He was related to two prior archbishops: Andrea da Canziano (died 906) and Garimpert, his father and predecessor, who involved him in the administration of the diocese before 921. Lambert, along with Marquis

Adalbert I of Ivrea Adalbert I (died after 28 February 929) was the margrave of Ivrea, the second of the Anscarid dynasty, from the late 890s until his death. In the intermittent civil war which affected Italy from 888 into the 930s, Adalbert initially strove to re ...

and Count Giselbert of Bergamo, led a rebellion against King Berengar I in 921, sparking a long civil war over the Italian throne. The rebels gathered an army outside

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, but Berengar surprised them and took many prisoners. Berengar's use of

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as troops raised great indignation and the rebels offered the throne to King

Rudolf II of Burgundy Rudolph II (c. 11 July 880 – 11 July 937), a member of the Elder House of Welf, was King of Burgundy from 912 until his death. He initially succeeded in Upper Burgundy and also ruled as King of Italy from 922 to 926. In 933 Rudolph acquired the ...

. Lambert sent troops to the

Battle of Firenzuola The Battle of Firenzuola was fought on 29 July 923 between the forces of Rudolph II of Burgundy and Adalbert I of Ivrea on one side and Berengar I of Italy on the other. The battle was a defeat for Berengar, who was thus ''de facto'' dethroned ...

(29 July 923), where Rudolf established himself on the Italian throne.Valerie Eads, "Firenzuola, Battle of", in ''The Oxford Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare and Military Technology'' (Oxford University Press, 2010), vol. 1, pp. 51–52. When northern Italy was devastated by Hungarian raids in 925, while Rudolf was in Burgundy, Lambert and several other high-profile supporters of Rudolf defected. On their behalf, Lambert offered the crown to Count

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Liutprand of Cremona Liutprand, also Liudprand, Liuprand, Lioutio, Liucius, Liuzo, and Lioutsios (c. 920 – 972),"LIUTPRAND OF CREMONA" in '' The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium'', Oxford University Press, New York & Oxford, 1991, p. 1241. was a historian, diplomat, ...

; Paolo Squatriti, trans., "Retribution", in ''The Complete Works of Liudprand of Cremona'' (Catholic University of America Press, 2007), pp. 115–17. When in 926 Duke Burchard II of Swabia invaded Italy in support of Rudolf, Lambert invited him to Milan while secretly arranging his ambush. He even allowed him to hunt deer in his private hunting preserve. Burchard was then attacked and killed by the

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ns on the road from

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on 29 April 926. Lambert died on 19 June 931 and was buried in the ''

Basilica Vetus Santa Maria Maggiore, called the ''basilica vetus'' (old basilica) or ''basilica minor'' (minor basilica), was a church in Milan, established in 313, which served as co-cathedral alongside Santa Tecla until it was torn down after 1386 to make ro ...

''. He was succeeded by Hilduin, the exiled

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, a relative and appointee of Hugh.Liutprand, "Retribution", p. 132.

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