The march of Ivrea was a large frontier county in the northwest of Italy in the tenth century. Its capital was Ivrea and it was held by a Burgundian family of margraves called the Anscarids. The march was the primary frontier between Italy and France and served as a defence against any interference from that state. Ivrea is a small town, with a population of slightly over 20,000 people, located in the Piemonte region of northwestern Italy. ... Burgundian is either of the following; An extinct language of the Germanic language group spoken by the Burgundians. ... Margrave (Latin: marchio) is the English and French form (recorded since 1551) of the German title Markgraf (from Mark march and Graf count) and certain equivalent nobiliary (princely) titles in other languages. ... The Anscarids (sometimes House of Ivrea) were a medieval dynasty of Burgundian origin which rose to prominence in Italy in the tenth century, even briefly holding the Italian throne. ...

The march was created for Anscar in 888 by Guy III of Spoleto, then newly elected king of Italy. Anscar and his family had been some of Guy's supporters in his failed quest for the French throne. The initial Eporedian march consisted of Piedmont and most of Liguria with the counties of Acqui, Alba, Asti, Bredulo, Auriate, Turin, Ivrea, Vercelli, Pombia, Stazzona, Bulgaria, Lomello, Savona, and Ventimiglia. Anscar I (died March 902) was the margrave of Ivrea from 888[1] to his death. ... This article is about the year A.D. 888. ... Guy III (d. ... King of Italy is a title adopted by many rulers after the fall of the Roman Empire. ... Kings ruled in France from the Middle Ages to 1848. ... For other uses, see Piedmont (disambiguation). ... Liguria is a coastal region of north-western Italy, the third smallest of the Italian regions. ... Acqui Terme (Äich in Piedmontese) is a city and episcopal seat of Piedmont, Italy, in the province of Alessandria; it is 21 miles SSW of Alessandria by rail. ... This article is about a name for Scotland. ... Asti is a city and comune in the Piemonte or Piedmont region, in north-western Italy, about 80 kilometres east of Turin in the plain of the Tanaro River. ... For other uses, see Turin (disambiguation). ... Ivrea is a small town, with a population of slightly over 20,000 people, located in the Piemonte region of northwestern Italy. ... Vercelli (Varséj in Piedmontese; Vercellae in Latin) is a commune and city of about 46,000 inhabitants in the Province of Vercelli, Italy. ... Pombia is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 100 km northeast of Turin and about 20 km north of Novara. ... Stazzona is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 70 km north of Milan and about 40 km northeast of Como. ... Country Italy Region Lombardy Province Province of Pavia (PV) Mayor Elevation 99 m Area 22. ... Savona (Sàn-na in the local dialect of Ligurian) is a seaport and comune in the northern Italian region of Liguria, capital of the Province of Savona, in the Riviera di Ponente on the Mediterranean Sea, at sea-level. ... The campanile of the cathedral rises above Ventimiglia. ...

The Anscarid fortunes rose in the middle of the century and some margraves became kings of Italy, but in the early eleventh century the margraviate fell vacant and the Emperor Conrad II did not appoint a new margrave. Conrad II (circa 990 - June 4, 1039) was the son of count Henry of Speyer. ...

• 888 – 902 Anscar
• 902 – 924 Adalbert I
• 924 – 940 Berengar I
• 957 – 962 Guy
• 962 – 965 Adalbert II
• 965 – circa 990 Conrad
• circa 990 – 1015 Arduin

This article is about the year A.D. 888. ... Events Births Deaths Categories: 902 ... Anscar I (died March 902) was the margrave of Ivrea from 888[1] to his death. ... Events Births Deaths Categories: 902 ... Events King Athelstan of England succeeds to the throne. ... Events King Athelstan of England succeeds to the throne. ... Events Births Brian Boru, high king of Ireland Abul-Wafa, iranian mathematician Deaths ar-Radi (Caliph of Baghdad) Athelstan, who was succeeded by his half-brother, Edmund Categories: 940 ... The Lombard Berengar of Ivrea (?-966), sometimes also referred to as Berengar II of Italy, was margrave of Ivrea. ... Events Births Deaths Categories: 957 ... Events February 2 - Pope John XII crowns Otto I the Great Holy Roman Emperor. ... Events February 2 - Pope John XII crowns Otto I the Great Holy Roman Emperor. ... March 1 - Pope Leo VIII is restored in place of Pope Benedict V October 1 - Pope John XIII succeeds Pope Leo VIII as the 133rd pope. ... March 1 - Pope Leo VIII is restored in place of Pope Benedict V October 1 - Pope John XIII succeeds Pope Leo VIII as the 133rd pope. ... Events Construction of the Al-Hakim Mosque begins in Cairo. ... Events Construction of the Al-Hakim Mosque begins in Cairo. ... Events August: Canute the Great invades England. ... Arduin of Ivrea (955 – 1015), was Margrave of Ivrea and self-proclaimed King of Italy. ...

Sources

• Wickham, Chris. Early Medieval Italy: Central Power and Local Society 400-1000. MacMillan Press: 1981.