Gisulf II (Friuli)
Gisulf II of Friuli was a dux of the Longobards in the Friuli area . He fell in battle around the year 610 when the Avars invaded Friuli. His wife Romhilda , daughter of Duke Garibald I von Baiern and von Walderada , daughter of the Lombard king Wacho , looked for Forum Iulii with her sonsProtection. The city was then taken by the Avars, supposedly because Romhilda, blinded by the beauty of the young Avar ruler, opened the gates. The men of the city were killed, the women and children kidnapped. The sons of Gisulf were able to escape. The events are narrated by Paulus Deaconus , who, however, was not a contemporary of Gisulf. Why the Avars attacked the Lombards, with whom they were usually on good terms, is unclear. This and the fact that the then Longobard king Agilulf apparently did not provide any help suggest that the Avars acted against Gisulf on his behalf.
Two of Gisulf's sons, Raduald and Grimoald, were successively Duke of Benevento . Grimoald even became king of the Lombards in 662.
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literature
- Wilfried Menghin : The Lombards . Stuttgart 1985.
Web links
- Paulus Diaconus: History of the Langobards (English)
- Ludo Moritz Hartmann : History of Italy in the Middle Ages Vol. 2.1 . Leipzig 1900, p. 244ff. (partially overhauled)
- Thomas Hodgkin, Italy and her Invaders Vol VI, pp. 239–292 (partially outdated)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Walter Pohl : The Avars. A steppe people in Central Europe 567–822 AD . 2 ed. Munich 2002, p. 239, ISBN 3-406-48969-9 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gisulf II. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gisulf II of Friuli |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | King and military person |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 6th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 6th century or 7th century |