Lanfranc I of Bergamo (–950/954) was a northern Italian nobleman. He was a member of the dynasty known to historians as the Giselbertiners (or Giselbertini).
Life
Lanfranc was the son of
Giselbert I of Bergamo Giselbert I of Bergamo (died c.927/929) was a northern Italian nobleman.
Life
Giselbert I's parents are unknown. He is the progenitor of the dynasty known to historians as the Giselbertiners (or Giselbertini).
Giselbert I was originally a vassal o ...
and
Rotruda of Pavia Rotruda (or Roza) of Pavia (died after March 945) was an Italian noblewoman. Rotruda was married to Giselbert I of Bergamo and later became the mistress of Hugh of Italy.
Life
Rotruda was the daughter of the ''iudex'' (judge) Walpert of Pavia. She ...
.
Lanfranc is first documented as a royal vassal (''vassus regis'') in 935. By 945 he was entitled count (probably of Bergamo) in a diploma issued by
Hugh of Italy
Hugh (c. 880–947), known as Hugh of Arles or Hugh of Provence, was the king of Italy from 926 until his death. He belonged to the Bosonid family. During his reign, he empowered his relatives at the expense of the aristocracy and tried to estab ...
. Later that year Lanfranc became
count palatine
A count palatine (Latin ''comes palatinus''), also count of the palace or palsgrave (from German ''Pfalzgraf''), was originally an official attached to a royal or imperial palace or household and later a nobleman of a rank above that of an ord ...
of
Bergamo
Bergamo (; lmo, Bèrghem ; from the proto- Germanic elements *''berg +*heim'', the "mountain home") is a city in the alpine Lombardy region of northern Italy, approximately northeast of Milan, and about from Switzerland, the alpine lakes Como ...
through the intervention of
Berengar II of Italy
Berengar II ( 900 – 4 August 966) was the King of Italy from 950 until his deposition in 961. He was a scion of the Anscarid and Unruoching dynasties, and was named after his maternal grandfather, Berengar I. He succeeded his father as Marg ...
.
He died sometime between 950 and 954.
[Jarnut, ''Bergamo'', p. 33.]
Marriage and children
With his wife, whose name is not known, Lanfranc I had several children, including:
*
Giselbert II of Bergamo Giselbert II (died between 993 and 1010) was the count of Bergamo. He was a member of the dynasty known to historians as the Giselbertiners (or Giselbertini).
Life
Giselbert was the son of Lanfranc I of Bergamo. He is first documented as count of ...
* Franca
Notes
References
*F. Menant, ‘Les Giselbertins, comtes du comté de Bergame et comtes palatins,’ in ''Formazione e strutture dei ceti dominanti nel medioevo'' (1988), pp. 115–186.
*J. Jarnut, ''Bergamo 568-1098. Verfassungs-, Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte einer lombardischen Stadt im Mittelalter'' (Wiesbaden, 1977).
*E. Hlawitschka, ''Franken, Alemannen, Bayern und Burgunder in Oberitalien, 774-962: Zum Verständnis der fränkischen Königsherrschaft in Italien'' (Freiburg im Breisgau, 1960), accessible online at:
Genealogie Mittelalter
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People from Bergamo
10th-century Italian nobility
Year of birth uncertain