biography
pronunciation:
[greemohahld]
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| male
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| lived:
| (c.600–71)
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| biography:
| King of the Lombards, born in Friuli, NE Italy. The son of Gisulf, Duke of Friuli, he became Duke of Benevento in 647. He took advantage of discord between Aripert's heirs to take possession of the Lombard crown (663–71). He managed to repel the attempts by the Byzantines to reconquer Benevento and the Franks, and suppressed a revolt in Friuli with the help of the Avars. He also added a number of new laws to Rotari's edict. |
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