Bertila
BertilaBertila appears frequently in acts of Berengario I from 3 November 890 ["... et petitione Berchtilae dilectae coniugis et consortis regni nostri ..." Dipl. Bereng. I, 38 (#10)] to 27 July 910 ["... nostre dilectissime coniugis nostrique regni consortis Berchtile ..." ibid., 194-5 (#72); also two undated later charters, ibid., 270 (#104), 292 (#113)]. Charged with adultery, she died by poison, at some time before Berengario became emperor in 915 [Gesta Berengarii imperatoris, ii, 77-80, Dümmler (1871), 101; Rosenwein (1996), 258].
Date of birth: Unknown.
Place of birth: Unknown.
Date of death: 910 ×5.
Place of
death: Unknown.
Father: Suppo (II), d. 882×3, count.
A gloss to the Gesta Berengarii
imperatoris names Adalgise, Wifred, and Boso as the sons of
Suppo and states that their sister was the wife of the king
["Tres autem fuerent filii Subponis in prelio:
Adalgisus, Wifredus et Boso", "quia soror
eorum coniux regis erat" Gesta Berengarii
imperatoris, ii, 78a, 79a, Dümmler (1871), 101; see also
Hlawitschka (1960), sketch of Suppo (II), and Excurs: "Zur
Genealogie der Supponiden", 299-309].
Mother: Bertha, daughter
of count Wifred.
Her parentage is given in a document of Piacenza from July 902
["Berta devotissima ancilla X pi sancte religionis
induta, filia bo. mem. Vuifredi comiti ex genere francorum et
relicta qdm. Suponi" Hlawitschka (1960), Excurs:
"Zur Genealogie der Supponiden", 299-309; see also
ibid., sketch of Suppo (II)].
Spouse: Berengario I, d. 7 April 924, king of Italy.
Children:
See the page of Berengario I for details.
Gisela, m. before 900, Adalberto, d.
(perhaps) 923, margrave of Ivrea.
Bertha, d. after 17 January 951, abbess
of St. Salvatore, Brescia.
Dipl. Bereng. I = Luigi Schiaparelli, ed., I diplomi di Berengario I (Fonti per la storia d'Italia, 35, Rome, 1903).
Dümmler (1871) = Ernst Dümmler, Gesta Berengarii Imperatoris (Halle, 1871).
Hlawitschka (1960) = Eduard Hlawitschka, Franken, Alemannen, Bayern und Burgunder in Oberitalien (774-962) (Freiburg, 1960).
Rosenwein (1996) = Barbara H. Rosenwein, "The Family Politics of Berengar I, king of Italy (888-924)", Speculum 71 (1996): 247-289.
Compiled by Stewart Baldwin
First uploaded 20 September 2008.