{"slug": "lothair-ii-of-italy", "label": "Lothair II of Italy", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lothair_II_of_Italy", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q364485", "qid": "Q364485", "description": "King of Italy from 947 to 950", "entries": 7, "years": 6, "span": [931, 966], "span_label": ["931 CE", "966 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 2}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Health & Medicine", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "kingdom-of-italy-holy-roman-empire", "label": "Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire)", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "adelaide-of-italy", "label": "Adelaide of Italy", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "hugh-of-italy", "label": "Hugh of Italy", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "rome", "label": "Rome", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "lombardy", "label": "Lombardy", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "alberic-ii-of-spoleto", "label": "Alberic II of Spoleto", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "italy", "label": "Italy", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "holy-roman-emperor", "label": "Holy Roman Emperor", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "lower-burgundy", "label": "Lower Burgundy", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "rudolph-ii-of-burgundy", "label": "Rudolph II of Burgundy", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "holy-roman-empire", "label": "Holy Roman Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "middle-ages", "label": "Middle Ages", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"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": 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": 937, "year_label": "937 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "King Hugh of Arles (king of Italy) travels to Colombier (Switzerland) and marries Rudolph's widow Bertha. He takes Conrad I under his tutelage and betroths Rudolph's 6-year-old daughter Adelaide with his own son and co-ruler Lothair II.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367668437#Europe", "title": "937", "revid": 1367668437, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 945, "year_label": "945 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "April 13", "text": "April 13 – Hugh of Provence abdicates the throne in favor of his son Lothair II (who has been co-ruler since 931) and is acclaimed as sole king of Lombardia. Hugh is allowed to retire in Pavia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365595392#Europe", "title": "945", "revid": 1365595392, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 950, "year_label": "950 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "November 22", "text": "November 22 – King Lothair II dies at Turin (possibly poisoned by Berengar of Ivrea). Berengar is crowned king of Italy and imprisons Lothair's now 19-year-old widow, Adelaide for four months at Como.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365260811#Europe", "title": "950", "revid": 1365260811, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 950, "year_label": "950 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "November 22", "text": "November 22 – Lothair II, king of Italy", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365260811#Deaths", "title": "950", "revid": 1365260811, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 966, "year_label": "966 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Spring – King Lothair of France marries Princess Emma of Italy (the only daughter of Adelaide of Burgundy—second wife of Emperor Otto the Great, from her first marriage with King Lothair II, member of the Bosonid dynasty). Lothair strengthens his ties with the Holy Roman Empire. He temporarily remains in control of the cities of Arras and Douai. The latter becomes a flourishing textile market centre during the Middle Ages.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341513206#Europe", "title": "966", "revid": 1341513206, "section": "Events › Europe"}}]}