Aripert I.

An umbo ( shield hump ) of the Longobards, northern Italy, 7th century

Aripert I , also Aribert , († 661 ) was king of the Lombards from 653 to 661 .

Life

Aripert was the son of Duke Gundoald von Asti from the Agilolfinger family , who was killed in 616 by an unknown hand.

When Rodoald , the son and successor of King Rothari , was murdered in 653 after 5 months of royal rule, Aripert I succeeded him. The circumstances that led to Aripert, a Roman-friendly Catholic of Bavarian descent, inheriting the Arian-anti-Roman Rotharis dynasty have not been recorded.

Outside the city wall of Ticinum ( Pavia ), Aripert had the Domini Salvatoris (Lord and Savior) church built and magnificently decorated near the Marenca Gate . Unlike his predecessors, he sought peace with Byzantium.

Aripert decided that his sons Godepert and Perctarit should succeed him as kings with equal rights. However, he had not obtained the nobility's consent, which was actually necessary for this. This led to resistance from the nobility, and both brothers distrusted each other; After Aripert's death in 661 a brief crisis arose, which was resolved the following year by Grimoald , who defeated the two rivals and became king himself.

swell

Paulus Diaconus , Historia Langobardorum , ed. Ludwig Bethmann and Georg Waitz , in: Monumenta Germaniae Historica , Scriptores rerum Langobardicarum et Italicarum saec. VI – IX , Hahn, Hanover 1878

literature

Wilfried Menghin : The Lombards. Archeology and history . Theiss-Verlag, Stuttgart 1985, ISBN 978-3-8062-0364-6 .
Jörg Jarnut : History of the Longobards , Stuttgart 1982. ISBN 3-17-007515-2 .

Web links

Wiktionary: Aribert - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Wikisource: Historia Langobardorum - Sources and full texts (Latin)

Paulus Diaconus: History of the Langobards (English)
Ludo Moritz Hartmann : History of Italy in the Middle Ages, Vol. II Part 1, Wigand, Leipzig 1900, p. 244ff, (partially outdated)
Thomas Hodgkin, Italy and her Invaders Vol VI s. 241ff (partly overhauled)
Italy, Emperors & Kings (English)

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b Paulus Diaconus, Historia Langobardorum IV, 48
↑ ^a ^b ^c Ludo Moritz Hartmann: History of Italy in the Middle Ages Volume II, 1, 244f
^ Paulus Diaconus, Historia Langobardorum IV, 51

predecessor	Office	successor
Rodoald	King of the Lombards 653–661	Godepert perctarite

personal data
SURNAME	Aripert I.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Aribert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	King of the Lombards (653–661)
DATE OF BIRTH	6th century or 7th century
DATE OF DEATH	661

[histiv48-1] A ^b Paulus Diaconus, Historia Langobardorum IV, 48

[hart-2] Ludo Moritz Hartmann: History of Italy in the Middle Ages Volume II, 1, 244f

[histiv51-3] Paulus Diaconus, Historia Langobardorum IV, 51