According to
Liutprand of Cremona, the king gave money to Sarlio to raise opposition to Duke
Anscar of Spoleto. Sarlio married the widow of the previous duke,
Theobald I, a nephew (nepos) of Hugh's, and obtained information and followers in Spoleto.[3][2] At a date unspecified, Sarlio raised a revolt against Anscar, who left the city of Spoleto to engage him in the
battle of Spoleto. Although Sarlio did not enter the battle personally, his troops were victorious and Anscar was killed.[3]
In 941 Hugh took several monasteries in the
march of Tuscany and the
march of Fermo, including the
abbey of Farfa, and gave them to Sarlio,[4] who took the title "rector of the
Sabina" according to the Chronicon Farfense. In 943, Hugh forced Sarlio to retire to a monastery—accusing him of murdering Anscar—and placed his bastard son
Hubert, already ruling Tuscany, in charge of Spoleto.[2]
Notes
^In Liutprand he is referred to as Sarlionem (>Sarlio), Serlione (>Serlio) and Serlius. In the Chronicon Farfense his name is give as Sarilo. In Italian his name is sometimes given as Sarlione.[1]
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