Willa of
Tuscany Willa of
TuscanyDate of Birth: Unknown.
Place of Birth: Unknown.
Date of Death: After 4 August 966.
It is known from the continuation
of Regino's chronicle that Willa survived her husband Berengario
II ["Eodem anno Berengarius quondam Italiae rex exul
moritur et in Babenberg regio more sepelitur; cuius vidua Willa,
antequam sepeliretur, velum sibi sanctimoniale assumpsit."
Regino, Chronicon (continuation), s.a. 966, 177].
Place of Death: Unknown.
Father:
Boso, d. after 936; count of Avignon, 911-931; count of
Arles, 926-931; margrave of Tuscany, 931-6.
Mother: Willa.
Spouse: m. before 936, Berengario II,
d. 4 August 966, king of Italy, 950-961.
["Eo tempore Berengarius iste, cuius tyrannide
tota nunc luget Italia, Eporegiae civitatis marchio habebatur.
Cui rex Hugo neptim suam, nomine Willam, quam ex Willa uxore sua
Boso Tusciae provinciae marchio, regis frater, genuerat, coniugem
dedit." Liudprand, Antapodosis, iv, 8,
Dümmler (1877), 82]
Children:
See the page of Berengario
II for details.
Adalberto, d. 975?; joint king of Italy, 950-961;
m. Gerberge, daughter of Lambert, count of Chalon.
Guido (Wido),
d. 25 June 965, margrave of Ivrea, 959-965.
Conrad (Cona),
d. after 1001, margrave of Ivrea, Spoleto, and Camerino;
m. Ichilde, daughter of Arduin.
Gisela, nun.
Gerberga, m. before August 961, Aledram,
margrave of Montferrat.
Rozala (Susanna), d. 1003;
m (1) ca. 968, Arnulf
II, d. 30 March 987, count of
Flanders;
m (2) ca. 988, Robert II, d. 20 July 1031, king
of France.
Dümmler (1877) = Ernst Dümmler, ed., Liudprandi episcopi Cremonensis opera omnia (MGH SRG, Hannover, 1877).
MGH SRG = Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Scriptores rerum Germanicarum (separate editions).
Regino, Chronicon = Friedrich Kurze, ed., Reginonis abbatis Prumiensis Chronicon cum continuatione Treverensi (MGH SRG, Hannover, 1890).
Compiled by Stewart Baldwin
First uploaded 20 September 2008.