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Boniface I, Margrave of Tuscany

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Name
  
Boniface Margrave

Role
  
Count of Lucca

Died
  
823 AD


Children
  
Boniface II, Margrave of Tuscany

Grandchildren
  
Adalbert I, Margrave of Tuscany

Great grandchildren
  
Adalbert II, Margrave of Tuscany

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Boniface I (died 823) was appointed governor of Italy by Charlemagne after the death of King Pepin. He was the count and duke of Lucca and sometimes is considered the first margrave of Tuscany because of the various counties he amassed: Pisa, Pistoia, Volterra, and Luni. He was first attested in March 812.

He left a son, Boniface, who became margrave of Tuscany and another named Berard, who assisted his brother in the defence of Corsica. His only daughter, Richilda, became abbess of SS. Benedetto e Scolastica in Lucca.

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