Lupo III Centule (

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: ''Otsoa Wasco'', French: ''Loup Centulle'', Gascon: ''Lop Centullo'',

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: ''Lupus Centullus'',

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: ''Lope'' or ''Lobo Centulo'',

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: ''Llop Centoll'') (died ca. 820) was the

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briefly from 818 until his deposition by

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in 819. He was either a son of García I or of Centule, a brother of Sancho I. Lupo was a Gascon rebel against the authority of Pepin in

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. In 818, the death of García left a

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in Gascony which Lupo attempted to fill. Pepin responded quickly, however, and entered Gascony, emanating a diploma at Castillon-sur-Dordogne the next year. He formally deposed Lupo and sent

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and Guerin of Auvergne into the region to dislodge him from power. He was replaced by

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, who assumed power in

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as well.

Sources

*Higounet, Charles. ''Bordeaux pendant le haut moyen age''. Bordeaux, 1963. *Lewis, Archibald R. ''The Development of Southern French and Catalan Society, 718–1050''. University of Texas Press: Austin, 1965. * Zurita, Gerónimo. ''Anales de la Corona de Aragón I''. Edited by Antonio Ubieto Arteta and Desamparados Pérez Soler. Valencia: 1967. Basque people Dukes of Gascony 820 deaths Year of birth unknown {{Europe-noble-stub