Bernard of Italy (797-17 April 818) was the King of Italy from 810 to 818, succeeding Pepin of Italy and preceding Lothaire of Italy.
Biography[]
Bernard was the illegitimate son of King Pepin of Italy and the grandson of Emperor Charlemagne; although he was illegitimate, Charlemagne allowed him to inherit his father's Kingdom of Italy in 810 on his death. He was content until his half-brother Louis the Pious decided to grant most of the Frankish Empire to his own son, the future Lothaire of Italy, making Bernard a vassal of Lothaire and not granting him any more lands. Bernard rebelled, but Louis the Pious captured him and blinded him, killing him in the process.