Lambert of Italy | |
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Emperor of the Romans | |
![]() Lambert (second from left) depicted as one of the kings who had favoured and protected the abbey of San Clemente a Casauria. From the Chronicon Casauriense, 12th-century manuscript | |
Emperor in Italy King of Italy | |
Reign | 891–898 |
Coronation | 30 April 892, Ravenna |
Predecessor | Guy III of Spoleto |
Successor | Arnulf of Carinthia |
Born | c. 880 |
Died | 15 October 898 Spinetta Marengo, Italy |
Burial | |
House | Guideschi |
Father | Guy III of Spoleto |
Mother | Ageltrude |
Signum manus | ![]() |
Lambert (c. 880 – 15 October 898)[1] was the King of Italy from 891, Emperor, co-ruling with his father from 892, and Duke of Spoleto and Camerino (as Lambert II) from his father's death in 894. He was the son of Guy III of Spoleto and Ageltrude, born in San Rufino. He was the last ruler to issue a capitulary in the Carolingian tradition.