German Invasion of Italy
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Arnulf of East Francia invaded Italy.
Chronology
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October 900: When Arnulph died, the imperial title was once again vacant, so the Marquis of Tuscany Adalbert and Pope Benedict IV proposed the imperial crown to Louis the Blind, King of Provence. The latter went down to Italy, defeated Berengari, had himself elected King of Italy by the Diet of Pavia (900) and had himself crowned Emperor by the Pope (901).
July 894: Invoked by Berengar and by Pope Formosus, in 894 Arnolfo entered Italy and conquered Bergamo, Milan and the capital Pavia, where he made himself recognized as king of Italy, while Guido fled to his possessions. If the conquest had been easy, its maintenance was much less so: Guido was only waiting for Arnulf's withdrawal, the loyalty of the Italian vassals was changeable, and even Berengar, who had been denied the crown, appeared hostile and blocked the Brenner road. traveled on the way. Arnolfo tried to leave Italy for the Bard pass, but he found the road blocked by the forces of Anscario I, Marquis of Ivrea, helped by his enemy Rudolph of Burgundy, and only with great difficulty was he able to leave the country without major losses. Then he tried to attack Rudolph of Burgundy, who avoided fighting by retreating to the mountains. He commissioned his illegitimate son, Sventibaldo, to fight Rodolfo, but to no avail.
