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The Lombard Berengar of Ivrea (?-966), sometimes also referred to as '''Berengar II of Italy,''' was Marquess of Ivrea , and became the effective King Of Italy upon the withdrawal to Provence of Hugh Of Arles , who left his young son Lothar as titualar king. At the death of Lothar in 950, Berengar seized the opportunity and declared himself king, with his son as co-king. He tried to legitimize his rule by forcing Adelaide , the respective daughter, daughter-in-law, and widow of the last three kings of Italy, into marriage with his son Adalbert . Adelaide's requests for intervention resulted in Otto I 's invasion in 951, where Berengar was forced to pay homage to the Emperor (952). Otto, a widower, subsequently married Adelaide. Berengar was deposed by the Emperor Otto I , and Northern Italy came under direct control of the Holy Roman Empire . Berengar continued in his position as a vassal of the Empire. Later (from 960) Berengar and his son Adalbert attacked Pope John XII , on whose appeal Otto marched into Rome and was crowned emperor (962). John's subsequent negotiations with Berengar caused Otto to depose the pope and capture and imprison Berengar in Germany (963). His consort was Willa, the daughter of Boso, count of Arles and Avignon and margrave of Tuscany; she mistreated Adelaide when Berengar held her captive for several months in 951. The chronicler Liutprand Of Cremona , raised at his court at Pavia , gives several particularly vivid accounts of Willa's character''Antapodosis'' ("Book of Retributions") III.1; IV.11-12; V.32.. She was held captive in a German nunnery. NOTES
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