Hubert or Humbert was the illegitimate son of Hugh of Italy

Hugh of Italy

Hugh of Arles was King of Italy from 924 until his death. He was a Bosonid. During his reign, he empowered his relatives at the expense of the aristocracy and tried to establish a relationship with the Byzantine-Roman Empire...

 and his concubine Wandelmoda. He was made Margrave of Tuscany by his father between 935

935

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 and 937

937

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, after the deposition of his uncle Boso

Boso of Tuscany

Boso was the count of Arles and Avignon , and margrave of Tuscany . He was the younger son of Theobald of Arles and Bertha, illegitimate daughter of Lothair II of Lotharingia. His elder brother was Hugh, king of Italy.Boso supported his brother's Italian designs...

. In 941, he was made a count palatine

Count palatine

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 and he was made Duke of Spoleto and Margrave

Margrave

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 of Camerino

Camerino

Camerino is a small town of 7.135 inhabitants in the Marches , in the province of Macerata, Italy. It is located in the Apennines bordering Umbria, between the valleys of the rivers Potenza and Chienti, about 40 miles from Ancona....

 in 942 or 943, after Sarlione was removed for the murder of the previous duke, Anscar of Spoleto.

Hubert was, as ruler over Tuscany and Spoleto, the whole of central Italy, the most powerful vassal of King Berengar II

Berengar II of Italy

Berengar of Ivrea , sometimes also referred to as Berengar II of Italy, was Margrave of Ivrea and usurper King of Italy from 950 until his deposition in 961, the last before Italy's incorporation into the Holy Roman Empire...

. Hubert and Pope John XII

Pope John XII

Pope John XII , born Octavianus, was Pope from December 16, 955, to May 14, 964. The son of Alberic II, Patrician of Rome , and his stepsister Alda of Vienne, he was a seventh generation descendant of Charlemagne on his mother's side.Before his death, Alberic administered an oath to the Roman...

 invited Otto the Great

Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor

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, King of Germany, to cross the Alps

Alps

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 and take the throne from the incompetent Berengar.

In 945 or 946, Hubert was removed from the duchy of Spoleto. On 13 February 962, he was removed from office in Tuscany.

He married Willa, daughter of Boniface I of Spoleto. She was the mother of a son and three daughters: Hugh

Hugh of Tuscany

Hugh the Great was the Margrave of Tuscany from 961 to his death and Duke of Spoleto and Camerino from 989 to 996. He was the son and successor of Humbert of Tuscany, who was also briefly Duke of Spoleto, and Willa, a daughter of Boniface I of Spoleto...

, margrave of Tuscany; Waldrada, married Pietro IV Candiano

Pietro IV Candiano

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, doge of Venice

Doge of Venice

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; Bertha (Berta), married Arduin of Ivrea; and Willa, married Tedald of Canossa

Tedald of Canossa

Tedald , of the House of Canossa, was the count of Brescia from 980, Modena, Ferrara, and Reggio from 981, and Mantua from 1006. He used the title of margrave because of his vast comital holdings and their frontier nature. His family's seat was Canossa and he was the son of Adalbert Azzo of...

. She was the founder of the church of the Badia Fiorentina

Badia Fiorentina

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, at Florence

Florence

Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....

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