Background
Berengar was probably the namesake of Berengar II of Neustria, who was probably the son of Berengar I"s successor, Henry of Franconia.
Berengar was probably the namesake of Berengar II of Neustria, who was probably the son of Berengar I"s successor, Henry of Franconia.
He was possibly a Conradine, a relative for sure of Adalard the Seneschal, a Girardid. He is believed to be the same person as Bérenger I, Count of Ivois. The revolt was crushed and the three brothers fled with their relative Adalard to the court of the West Frankish king, Charles the Bald, who granted them wardship of the march against the Vikings while the march against the Bretons was granted to Robert the Strong.
Charles" patronage of the family provoked the jealousy of the Rorgonids, the most powerful family local to Neustria and then controlling the ducatus Cenomannicus (Maine).
In 865, they allied with Saloman of Brittany and attacked the brothers. Evidently, the death of Louis the German in 876 had allowed them to return to the court of Carloman.
