Lambert (died after 938) was the second son of
Adalbert II of Tuscany
Adalbert II (c. 875 – 915), called the Rich, son of Adalbert I, Margrave of Tuscany and Rothild of Spoleto.
Biography
He was a grandson of Boniface II, and was concerned with the troubles of Lombardy, at a time when so many princes were con ...
and
Bertha
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The name occurs as a theonym, s ...
, daughter of
Lothair II of Lotharingia
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. He succeeded his elder brother,
Guy
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, as count and duke of
Lucca
Città di Lucca ( ; ) is a city and ''comune'' in Tuscany, Central Italy, on the Serchio River, in a fertile plain near the Ligurian Sea. The city has a population of about 89,000, while its Province of Lucca, province has a population of 383,9 ...
and
margrave of Tuscany
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on his death in 938 or 939 without heirs.
In 931, before 17 October,
Hugh
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,
King of Italy
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, disowned and removed Lambert, giving Tuscany and the familial possession of Lucca to his brother
Boso. Hugh was Guy and Lambert's half-brother, as they had the same mother. When Guy died, Hugh married Guy's widow,
Marozia
Marozia, born Maria and also known as Mariuccia or Mariozza ( 890 – 937), was a Roman noblewoman who was the alleged mistress of Pope Sergius III and was given the unprecedented titles ''senatrix'' ("senatoress") and ''patricia'' of Rome by Po ...
.
10th-century deaths
Margraves of Tuscany
Counts of Lucca
Nobility from the Republic of Lucca
Year of birth unknown
House of Boniface
Dukes in Italy
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