King Bernard (?) of Italy
Male, #8380, (797 - 17 Aug 818)
| Birth* | 797 | Bernard was born in 797. |
| | He was the son of King Pepin (?) of Italy and Bertha (?) of Toulouse. |
| Marriage* | | He married Cunigunde (?). |
| Death* | 17 Aug 818 | He died on 17 Aug 818. |
| Biography* | | Louis I confirmed Bernard, the son of his dead brother Pepin, as king of Italy, which position Charlemagne had allowed him to inherit in 813. But when Bernard revolted in 817, Louis had him blinded, and he died as a result of it. Louis sent his sisters and half sisters to nunneries and later put his three illegitimate half brothers--Drogo, Hugo, and Theodoric--into monasteries. Source: "Louis I" Britannica Online. [Accessed 10 February 1998]. |