Anscar I (died March 902) was the margrave of Ivrea from 888[1] to his death. From 877 or 879, he was the count of Oscheret in Burgundy. He supported Guy III of Spoleto for the throne of France after the deposition of Charles the Fat in 887, but after Guys failed attempt and the coronation of Odo, Count of Paris, he returned with Guy across the Alps, where the duke was electedKing of Italy. In gratitude, he created the March of Ivrea in the northeast and invested his Burgundian supporter. He was a son of the count Amadeus of Oscheret of possible Bavarian origin with landholdings also in Tegernsee. Anscar was a counsellor of Boso of Provence and brother of Fulk, Archbishop of Rheims, who strongly supported the Carolingian dynasty in France. With Fulk, he probably invited Guy to France. Anscar fought on behalf of Guys kingship in Italy. He battled Arnulf of Carinthia during the latters invasion of 894 and he supported Guys son Lambert after Guys death that year. In 896, he was one of the few in the north to oppose Arnulf second invasion. After Lamberts death, he supported Berengar of Friuli as king and became his chief counsellor. Anscars wife was unknown, but he had only one son, Adalbert, through whom he was the progenitor of a dynasty, the Anscarids.
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