Lanfranc I of Bergamo
Lanfranc I of Bergamo (c. 895/900–950/954) was a northern Italian nobleman. He was a member of the dynasty known to historians as the Giselbertiners (or Giselbertini).
Life
[edit]Lanfranc was the son of Giselbert I of Bergamo and Rotruda of Pavia.[1]
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. Later that year Lanfranc became count palatine of Bergamo through the intervention of Berengar II of Italy.[2]
He died sometime between 950 and 954.[3]
Marriage and children
[edit]With his wife, whose name is not known, Lanfranc I had several children, including:
- Giselbert II of Bergamo
- Franca
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- 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