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Berengar II of Italy

900 - 966

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Berengar II (c. 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 Margrave of Ivrea around 923 (whence he is often known as Berengar of Ivrea), and after 940 led the aristocratic opposition to kings Hugh and Lothair II. In 950 he succeeded the latter and had his son, Adalbert crowned as his co-ruler. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Berengar II of Italy has received more than 245,903 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. Berengar II of Italy is the 2,371st most popular politician (up from 2,473rd in 2019), the 826th most popular biography from Italy (up from 863rd in 2019) and the 162nd most popular Italian Politician.

Berengar II of Italy is most famous for his involvement in the Investiture Controversy, which was a dispute over who had the right to appoint bishops.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Berengar II of Italy ranks 2,371 out of 19,576. Before him are John IV Laskaris, Tiberius III, Erich Koch, Donald Rumsfeld, Antanas Smetona, and Mohammed Daoud Khan. After him are Sviatopolk I of Kiev, Albrecht von Roon, Inessa Armand, Kiya, Berenice IV of Egypt, and Necho I.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 900, Berengar II of Italy ranks 13. Before him are Pope Lando, Pope Agapetus II, Halfdan Ragnarsson, Ahmad ibn Fadlan, Pope Stephen VIII, and Robert the Strong. After him are Pope Leo VIII, Guy III of Spoleto, Banū Mūsā, Zoe Karbonopsina, Symeon the Metaphrast, and Theodora. Among people deceased in 966, Berengar II of Italy ranks 1. After him are Sancho I of León, Ibrahim ibn Yaqub, Flodoard, Miro, Count of Barcelona, and Robert of Vermandois.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Berengar II of Italy ranks 826 out of 5,161. Before him are Marcus Velleius Paterculus (-19), Rocco Siffredi (1964), Fausta (289), Ulisse Aldrovandi (1522), Andrea del Castagno (1420), and Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia (1751). After him are Raimondo Montecuccoli (1609), Riccardo Muti (1941), Errico Malatesta (1853), Giacomo Balla (1871), Giovanni Gentile (1875), and Gian Galeazzo Visconti (1351).

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Among POLITICIANS In Italy

Among politicians born in Italy, Berengar II of Italy ranks 162. Before him are Phalaris (-700), Peter, King of Hungary (1011), Herod Agrippa II (28), Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta (1900), Fausta (289), and Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia (1751). After him are Gian Galeazzo Visconti (1351), Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1671), François Grimaldi (1201), Francesco Cossiga (1928), Giovanni dalle Bande Nere (1498), and Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus (-84).

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