Alahis
Alahis (also Alagis, Alachi ; † 688 or 689 at Coronate near Bergamo ) was dux of Trient and Brescia , and in 688 the Lombards against Cunincpert .
Life
Dux Alahis of Tridentum (Trient) had earned military merits in a victory against a Bavarian count. He rose against King Perctarit around 679 . Perctarit advanced with his army and besieged Alahis in Tridentum. Cunincpert managed to reconcile the two. In addition, Perctarit also awarded the rebel the Ducat Brescia at the request of Cunincpert, although he mistrusted Alahis. Several times Cunincpert saved the life of the insurgent dux who Perctarit wanted to execute.
In 688 or 689/690 there was an uprising against Cunincpert, especially in the area of the Duchy of Friuli , which was led by Alahis of Trento. The rebels, which included the brothers Aldo and Grauso from Brescia, were initially quite successful, so that they were able to occupy Pavia and Cunincpert had to flee to Lake Como . Alahis, however, quickly lost support, not least because of his anti-Catholic policies - he was one of the last important spokesmen for the Arians among the Lombards, who were otherwise largely won over to Catholicism. Aldo and Grauso began to distrust Alahis, ran over to Cunincpert and gave him the city of Pavia. Cunincpert led his army against Alahis, who also gathered troops in Friuli. Cunincpert challenged Alahis to a duel, which he refused. Then some of Alahis' army ran over to Cunincpert, while others whom Alahis had forced into his service deserted. The bloody battle of Coronate on the Adda about 15 km southwest of Bergamo, in which Alahis fell. The rebel army was slain or drowned while fleeing. Cunincpert later had a monastery dedicated to St. George built on the battlefield .
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literature
- Wilfried Menghin : The Lombards . Theiss-Verlag, Stuttgart 1985, ISBN 978-3-8062-0364-6 .
- Walter Pohl , Peter Erhard (Hrsg.): The Lombards rule and identity . Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 2005, ISBN 978-3-7001-3400-8 .
- Gianluigi Barni: I longobardi in Italia , De Agostini, 1987. ISBN 88-402-5538-9 . ISBN 978-88-402-5538-5 .
- H. Helbling: ALACHI (Alahis, Alexus). In: Alberto M. Ghisalberti (Ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 1: Aaron – Albertucci. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1960.
Web links
- Paulus Diaconus: History of the Langobards (English)
- Thomas Hodgkin, Italy and her Invaders Vol VI (partially overhauled)
- «Anno 679: La Guerra di Alachi…» (Italian)
- «Anno 690:… Il Duca di Trento si rebella…» (Italian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hodgkin, Italy and her Invaders . Vol VI, p. 304
- ↑ Historia Langobardorum V, 36
- ↑ Jörg Jarnut: Coin images as evidence of Lombard ideas of power . In: Hagen Keller , Nikolaus Staubach (ed.): Iconologia sacra: Myth, visual art and poetry in the religious and social history of old Europe . de Gruyter, New York / Berlin 1994, ISBN 3-11-013255-9 , p. 283 f.
- ↑ Hodgkin, Italy and her Invaders . Vol VI, p. 317
- ^ Historia Langobardorum V, 38
- ↑ Hodgkin, Italy and her Invaders . Vol VI, p. 311
- ↑ Historia Langobardorum V, 39-41
- ↑ Historia Langobardorum VI, 17
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Cunincpert |
Counter-king of the Lombards 688/689 |
Cunincpert |
| ? | Dux of Trient before 679–688 / 689 |
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| ? | Dux of Brescia 679-688 / 689 |
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Alahis |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Alagis; Alachi |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dux of Trento and Brescia, anti-king of the Lombards |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 7th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 688 or 689 |
| Place of death | Coronate at Bergamo |