Alda the younger
Alda (* probably 925 ; † 954 ) was Margravine of Spoleto and came from the bosonid family . To distinguish it from her mother of the same name, she is also called Alda the Younger, and after her father's origins also Alda of Provence .
Alda is the daughter of Hugo von Arles and Alda of Italy and sister of King Lothar of Italy . In 936 she married her stepbrother Alberich II of Spoleto, one of the most influential princes of his time, who is referred to in sources as princeps ac senator omnium Romanorum , i.e. ruler of Rome.
Her son was Octavian, who later became Pope John XII. (* 937 or 939) became known.
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SURNAME | Alda the younger |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Alda of Provence |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Margravine of Spoleto |
DATE OF BIRTH | around 925 |
DATE OF DEATH | 954 |