{"slug": "hugh-of-italy", "label": "Hugh of Italy", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_of_Italy", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q378763", "qid": "Q378763", "description": "King of Italy from 926 to 947", "entries": 16, "years": 16, "span": [880, 945], "span_label": ["880 CE", "945 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 7}, {"title": "Births", "count": 2}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 2}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}, {"title": "Health & Medicine", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "kingdom-of-italy-holy-roman-empire", "label": "Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire)", "shared": 11}, {"slug": "lower-burgundy", "label": "Lower Burgundy", "shared": 6}, {"slug": "rome", "label": "Rome", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "alberic-ii-of-spoleto", "label": "Alberic II of Spoleto", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "lombardy", "label": "Lombardy", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "rudolph-ii-of-burgundy", "label": "Rudolph II of Burgundy", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "provence", "label": "Provence", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "duchy-of-swabia", "label": "Duchy of Swabia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "king-of-italy", "label": "King of Italy", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "arles", "label": "Arles", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "pavia", "label": "Pavia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "milan", "label": "Milan", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 880, "year_label": "880 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Hugh of Arles, king of Italy and Lower Burgundy (or 881)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372561483#Births", "title": "880", "revid": 1372561483, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 881, "year_label": "881 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Hugh of Arles, king of Italy and Lower Burgundy (or 880)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341129955#Births", "title": "881", "revid": 1341129955, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 905, "year_label": "905 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Louis III returns to Provence. Unable to govern properly, he relinquishes the government of Lower Burgundy to his cousin Hugh, Count of Arles.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350019271#Europe", "title": "905", "revid": 1350019271, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 925, "year_label": "925 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Rudolph II of Burgundy (who also rules Italy) and his father-in-law, Burchard II of Swabia, lead a Burgundian expeditionary force over the Great St. Bernard Pass to confront Hugh of Provence. They head to the city of Ivrea where Rudolph's forces begin a civil war against Lombard partisans.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367671300#Europe", "title": "925", "revid": 1367671300, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 926, "year_label": "926 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Spring – The Italian nobles turn against King Rudolph II of Burgundy and request that Hugh of Provence, the effective ruler of Lower Burgundy, be elected as king of Italy. Rudolph's father-in-law Duke Burchard II of Swabia is ambushed and killed near Novara, by the henchmen of Archbishop Lambert of Milan. Rudolph, disillusioned by the news, returns to Burgundy to protect himself. Hugh has himself crowned King of Italy. and appoints Giselbert I as count palatine of Bergamo (Northern Italy).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341509745#Europe", "title": "926", "revid": 1341509745, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 928, "year_label": "928 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "June 5", "text": "June 5 – Louis III (the Blind), former king of Provence (Lower Burgundy), dies at Arles after a 27-year reign (of which 23 are sightless). He is succeeded by his brother-in-law Hugh I who is King of Italy. With the approval of his kinsman Rudolph I, Hugh strips Louis's son and heir, Charles Constantine, of his inheritance and proclaims himself as ruler of Provence.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364916804#Europe", "title": "928", "revid": 1364916804, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 931, "year_label": "931 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Spring – Hugh of Provence, king of Italy, cedes Lower Burgundy to Rudolph II, in return for Rudolf's renunciation of all claims to the Italian crown. He receives the imperial crown, and induces the Italian nobility to recognize his son Lothair II as the co-ruler of Lombardia (Regnum Italiae).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364917472#Europe", "title": "931", "revid": 1364917472, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 932, "year_label": "932 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Summer – Alberic II leads an uprising at Rome against his stepfather Hugh of Provence, king of Italy, after he is insulted at the wedding of his mother, Marozia. Alberic seizes the Lateran Palace, and Hugh escapes with an escort out of the city. Marozia is captured and put in prison. Alberic takes control of the city and appoints himself as the ruler (princeps) of Rome.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341512125#Europe", "title": "932", "revid": 1341512125, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 933, "year_label": "933 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Spring – Hugh of Provence, king of Italy, launches an expedition to Rome to remove the Roman ruler (princeps) Alberic II and avenge his humiliation (see 932). It fails, however, as Roman civic militias repel the Lombard army. Hugh ravages the Italian countryside, before he withdraws to Pavia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364917339#Europe", "title": "933", "revid": 1364917339, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 935, "year_label": "935 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Spring – Arnulf I (\"the Bad\") of Bavaria invades Italy, crossing through the Upper Adige (modern Tyrol). He proceeds towards Verona to join his supporters. King Hugh of Provence takes a Burgundian army against him, and defeats Arnulf at Gossolengo, forcing him to return to Bavaria.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364468168#Europe", "title": "935", "revid": 1364468168, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 936, "year_label": "936 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": null, "text": "Summer – Hugh of Provence, king of Italy, dispatches his son and co-ruler Lothair II with a third expedition to Rome to dislodge Alberic II. Assault after assault is repulsed by the Roman civic militia. At length, weakened by an epidemic, the Lombard nobles press on Hugh to accept a peace treaty mediated by Odo of Cluny.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341512077#Europe", "title": "936", "revid": 1341512077, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 938, "year_label": "938 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Summer – The Hungarian army invades Northern Italy with the permission of King Hugh of Arles. They cross the Apennines, and sack the Lombard lands in Tuscany, Lazio and Campania. Finally, the Hungarians are defeated at Wolfenbüttel by a Saxon army.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364468181#Europe", "title": "938", "revid": 1364468181, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 941, "year_label": "941 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Fall – Hugh of Provence, king of Italy, leads a fourth expedition to Rome to dislodge Alberic II. He proceeds to Lazio, preparing a campaign to capture the papal capital. Again the attacks fail and Hugh retreats to Milan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341512041#Europe", "title": "941", "revid": 1341512041, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 942, "year_label": "942 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Battle of Fraxinet: King Hugh of Provence launches an attack on Fraxinet, the Moorish fortress on the Côté d'Azur that had taken control of the Piedmontese valleys. With the assistance of a Byzantine fleet sent by Emperor Romanos I, Hugh lays siege to the Moorish fortress with the help of Hungarian auxiliary troops (Kabars).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364918673#Europe", "title": "942", "revid": 1364918673, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 944, "year_label": "944 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "King Hugh of Provence dispatches an embassy to King Otto I of the East Frankish Kingdom, offering a large sum of cash if he promises not to provide assistance to Berengar of Ivrea. Otto refuses this offer.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341512279#Europe", "title": "944", "revid": 1341512279, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 945, "year_label": "945 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Hugh of Provence lays siege to Vignola to put an end to Berengar's advance. But to no avail, as Berengar of Ivrea is hailed throughout northern Italy as a liberator, and Hugh flees to Provence.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365595392#Europe", "title": "945", "revid": 1365595392, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}]}