Adalgis
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Adalgis or Adelchis ( – 788) was an associate king of the Lombards from August 759, reigning with his father, Desiderius, until their deposition in June 774. He is also remembered today as the hero of the play Adelchi (1822) by Alessandro Manzoni.
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- Royalty.name
- Adalgis
- Royalty.image
- Prins Adalgis Aldegisius (titel op object) Liber Chronicarum (serietitel), RP-P-2016-49-85-14 (cropped).jpg
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- An illustration of Adalgis from the Nuremberg Chronicle
- Royalty.succession
- King of the Lombards
- Royalty.reign
- August 759 – June 774
- Royalty.predecessor
- Desiderius
- Royalty.successor
- Charlemagne
- Royalty.house
- Lombardy
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- House
- Royalty.father
- Desiderius
- Royalty.death_date
- 788
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- ADALGISO DE PLATONI, REY DE ITALIA.jpg
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- Adalgis
- date of death
- 0788-01-01
- date of birth
- 0740-00-00
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Adalgis or Adelchis ( – 788) was an associate king of the Lombards from August 759, reigning with his father, Desiderius, until their deposition in June 774. He is also remembered today as the hero of the play Adelchi (1822) by Alessandro Manzoni.
== Biography == Adalgis was the son of Desiderius and his wife Ansa. He was associated with his father in the kingship in August 759. In Desiderius' attempts to rekindle an alliance between the Lombards and Carolingians he proposed that Adalgis should marry Charlemagne's sister Gisela. Bachrach has suggested that this proposal was to undermine the Carolingian's relationship with the papacy.