Arduin Glaber
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Arduin Glaber, sometimes Arduin II or Arduino Glabrio[1] (died 977), was the Count of Auriate from 935 and Margrave of Turin from 962.
He was the eldest son of Roger of Auriate, whom he succeeded. He was immediately occupied with the Saracens who had occupied the Susa Valley. He expelled them and seized Turin, which he made his capital, by 941, when King Hugh, in a reorganisation of the territory, created a march of Turin (marca Arduinica) and set him over it as governor. He subsequently conquered Albenga, Alba, and Ventimiglia and was named margrave in 962, consistently employing the title thereafter.
Arduin married a woman named Emilia or Immula[2] They had two daughters: Alsinda, who married Giselbert II of Bergamo, and Richilda, who married Conrad of Ivrea. Arduin was succeeded by his eldest son Manfred. He had two younger sons named Arduin and Otto.
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- ^ Or il Glabro, meaning "the Bald."
- ^ Vmille in sources, such as the Necrologio S Andreæ Taurinensis.
[edit] Sources
- Chronicon Novaliciense.
- Foundation for Medieval Genealogy: Northern Italy, 900–1100.
