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Suppo I (or Suppone) (died 5 March 824) was a Frankish nobleman who hel d l a n d s i n the Kingdom of Italy in the early ninth century.
In 817, he was made Count of Brescia, Parma, Piacenza, Modena, and Berg a m o . H e w as also made a missus dominicus, along with the Brescian bisho p R a t a l d, for Italy. In 818, he was instrumental in putting down the re be l l i o n of Bernard against Emperor Louis the Pious. In 822, after the a b d i c a tion and death of Duke Winigis, Suppo was created Duke of Spoleto b y t h e g r a teful emperor and he passed Brescia to his son Mauring. Suppo' s d e a t h w as recorded by Einhard and Spoleto went to Adelard, who died w it h i n f i ve months, leaving the duchy to Mauring.
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