{"slug": "adalbert-of-italy", "label": "Adalbert of Italy", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adalbert_of_Italy", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q347480", "qid": "Q347480", "description": "King of Italy from 950 until 961", "entries": 7, "years": 7, "span": [956, 966], "span_label": ["956 CE", "966 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 2}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "rome", "label": "Rome", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "lombardy", "label": "Lombardy", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "pope-john-xii", "label": "Pope John XII", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-italy-holy-roman-empire", "label": "Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire)", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "pavia", "label": "Pavia", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "otto-i-holy-roman-emperor", "label": "Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "berengar-ii-of-italy", "label": "Berengar II of Italy", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "papal-states", "label": "Papal States", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "brenner-pass", "label": "Brenner Pass", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "trento", "label": "Trento", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "november", "label": "November", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "campania", "label": "Campania", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 956, "year_label": "956 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Berengar of Ivrea dispatches a Lombard army under his son Adalbert II to counter Liudolf, while he guards Pavia himself. In two battles Liudolf defeats the Lombard forces and enters Pavia, there to receive the homage of the Italian nobles and clergy on behalf of Otto I.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364917782#Europe", "title": "956", "revid": 1364917782, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 960, "year_label": "960 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June", "text": "June/July – Adalbert II, co-ruler and the son of King Berengar II, with the support of Duke Hugh of Tuscany, invades the Papal States under Pope John XII. With Lombard forces closing in on Rome, a papal delegation is sent to King Otto I (the Great) to appeal for assistance.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365272128#Europe", "title": "960", "revid": 1365272128, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 961, "year_label": "961 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Summer – Otto I leads an expeditionary force into northern Italy through the Brenner Pass at Trento, to assist the beleaguered young Pope John XII. He proceeds towards Pavia – King Berengar II sends his son and co-ruler Adalbert II from Rome at the head of a large army to seize control of the Upper Adige and contest Otto's entry.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341512994#Europe", "title": "961", "revid": 1341512994, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 962, "year_label": "962 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Otto I proceeds to lay siege to Lake Garda, where the sons of Berengar II, Guy of Ivrea and Adalbert II (co-ruler of Italy), and their supporters are holed up. Finding severe resistance, Otto gives up the enterprise and returns to Pavia, the capital of Lombardy.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341513175#Europe", "title": "962", "revid": 1341513175, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 963, "year_label": "963 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "November", "text": "November – Otto arrives at Rome; Pope John XII and Adalbert II (co-ruler of Italy) flee to Campania, taking with them most of the Papal treasury. The Roman citizens warmly receive Otto as a 'liberator'.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365272224#Europe", "title": "963", "revid": 1365272224, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 964, "year_label": "964 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Spring – King Adalbert II returns to the mainland of Italy, and occupies the environs of Spoleto. Emperor Otto I ('the Great') leaves Rome with his army, and lays siege to the fortress city of Spoleto.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353633013#Europe", "title": "964", "revid": 1353633013, "section": "Events › Europe"}}, {"year": 966, "year_label": "966 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Fall – Otto the Great, Holy Roman Emperor, departs for a third expedition in Italy and fights in Lombardy against the partisans under Adalbert II of Ivrea. In November an imperial counter-coup in Rome takes control of Castel Sant'Angelo.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341513206#Europe", "title": "966", "revid": 1341513206, "section": "Events › Europe"}}]}