Rodoald
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Rodoald (or Rodwald), ( 630 – 653) was a Lombard king of Italy, who succeeded his father Rothari on the throne in 652. He was said to be lecherous and he was assassinated after a reign of just six months in 653 by the husband of one of his lovers. Paul the Deacon writes that Rodoald "had reigned five years and seven days, " (more probably five months and seven days), although historians note that this length of reign is suspect. Aripert, a rival claimant, was elected with the support of the Catholic Church, which opposed the Arian monarchy.
Key facts
- Monarch.name
- Rodoald
- Monarch.title
- King of the Lombards
- Monarch.reign
- 652 – 653
- Monarch.predecessor
- Rothari
- Monarch.successor
- Aripert I
- Monarch.birth_date
- 630
- Monarch.death_date
- 653
- Monarch.father
- Rothari
- Monarch.religion
- Arian
- Monarch.dynasty
- Harodingian
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Father
- Rothari
- Mother
- Gundeberga
- Occupation
- sovereign
- Position held
- king
- Noble title
- duke
- Image
- Emanuele Tesauro Rodoald.jpg
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- date of death
- 0653-00-00
- date of birth
- 0637-00-00
- described by source
- Teutsche Academie der Edlen Bau- Bild- und Mahlerey-Künste
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Rodoald (or Rodwald), ( 630 – 653) was a Lombard king of Italy, who succeeded his father Rothari on the throne in 652. He was said to be lecherous and he was assassinated after a reign of just six months in 653 by the husband of one of his lovers. Paul the Deacon writes that Rodoald "had reigned five years and seven days, " (more probably five months and seven days), although historians note that this length of reign is suspect. Aripert, a rival claimant, was elected with the support of the Catholic Church, which opposed the Arian monarchy.
== Notes ==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rodoald” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.