State

Kingdom of the Lombards

Germanic successor state to the Western Roman Empire established by the Lombards, a Germanic people, on the Italian Peninsula (568–774)

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568–774 CE
Founded
568 CE
Ended
774 CE
Capital
Pavia
Government
elective monarchy
Languages
Latin, Lombardic
Succeeded by
Kingdom of Italy

Overview

The Kingdom of the Lombards, also known as the Lombard Kingdom and later as the Kingdom of all Italy (Latin: Regnum totius Italiae), was an early medieval state established by the Lombards, a Germanic people, on the Italian Peninsula in the latter part of the 6th century. The king was traditionally elected by the very highest-ranking aristocrats, the dukes, as several attempts to establish a hereditary dynasty failed. The kingdom was subdivided into a varying number of duchies, ruled by semi-autonomous dukes, which were in turn subdivided into gastaldates at the municipal level. The capital of the kingdom and the center of its political life was Pavia in the modern northern Italian region of Lombardy.

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All rulers (6)

  1. Alboin560–572 CE
  2. Cleph572–574 CE
  3. Authari584–590 CE
  4. Agilulf591–616 CE
  5. Ansprand712 CE
  6. Liutprand, King of the Lombards712–744 CE

Records (15)

  1. 569–572 CE — Siege of PaviaSiege
  2. 590 CE — Siege of PaviaSiege
  3. 601 CE — Siege of PaduaSiege
  4. 603 CE — Siege of CremonaSiege
  5. 643 CE — Battle of the ScultennaBattle
  6. 663 CE — Battle of ForinoBattle
  7. 663 CE — Battle of SipontoBattle
  8. 663 CE — Italian campaign of 663Campaign
  9. 719–759 CE — Umayyad invasion of GaulInvasion
  10. 754 CE — Battle of the Susa ValleyBattle
  11. 755 CE — Siege of PaviaSiege
  12. 756 CE — Siege of RomeSiege
  13. 773–774 CE — Siege of PaviaSiege
  14. 773 CE — Battle of Chiusa di San MicheleBattle
  15. 773 CE — Franco–Lombard War of 773–774War

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