National kings
The outdated and anachronistic term national kings is used for the kings of Italy who ruled from 888 to 961 after the collapse of the Carolingian Empire. The kings came from the Frankish nobility. To mention are (with reign as King of Italy ):
- Berengar I of Friuli (888–889, 896–901 and 905–924, 915 coronation as emperor)
- Guido von Spoleto (889–894, 891 coronation as emperor)
- Lambert von Spoleto , son of Guido (891 / 894–896, 892 coronation as co-emperor)
- Louis the Blind of Provence (900–905, 901 coronation as emperor)
- Rudolf II (Burgundy) (924–926)
- Hugo I. (926-946)
- Lothar II , son of Hugo I (946–950)
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Berengar II (950-961)
- Adalbert von Ivrea , son of Berengar II (950–961 fellow king)
Legitimized by his marriage to Adelheid , Lothar II's widow , Otto I was able to take over the Lombard-Italian crown in 951. He initially left Italy as a fiefdom for Berengar II , but deposed him on his second Italian train in 961. Italy was incorporated into the empire and has since been referred to as imperial Italy .