Theudelinde

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Ahistorical fantasy representation of Theudelinde, fresco by Zavattari (Chapel of Theudelinde, Monza , 1444 )

Theudelinde (* around 570 ; † January 22, 627 near Varenna on Lake Como , buried in St. John's Cathedral in Monza ; also called: Theodelinde, Theodolinde, Theodelind, occasionally also Theidlindis, Theodelinda, Theolinde ) was a Lombard queen who was called the Blessed is revered.

Life

Theudelinde was a daughter of Duke Garibald I of Bavaria and Walderada , daughter of the Lombard king Wacho and widow of the Frankish king Theudebald . On the maternal side, she was thus related to the Lombard royal dynasty of the Lethinger .

She married two Longobard kings and was therefore Longobard Queen from 589 to 626:

She had two children with the latter

First, when she was about fifteen, according to her father's marriage policy, she should have married the Frankish king Childebert II . After the project failed, she was engaged to be engaged to Authari, who according to tradition is said to have asked for her hand in disguise. She went to Italy with her brother Gundoald . Gundoald was appointed Duke of Asti by Authari. Authari died on September 5, 590. In September, but no later than November, Theudelinde married Agilulf, Duke of Turin, who was raised in Milan in May 591 as the new Lombard king. Soon after 590, Theudelinde had a royal summer residence and St. John's Cathedral built in Monza .

Agilulf's legitimacy was strengthened by the marriage. Theudelinde itself also exerted influence on government affairs, especially in the area of ​​religious policy. The Nicene , who was in correspondence with Pope Gregory the Great († 604), probably had a great influence on her Arian husband, so that he approached the Roman Church, gave it back stolen properties and some bishops who had fled the Lombards returned to theirs Diocese allowed. On April 7, 603, their only son Adaloald was baptized Nicene in Monza; as early as 604, following the Roman rite, he was made co-king. In 613 she supported the mission of the Irishman Columban in founding the Abbey of Bobbio with donations of land.

Agilulf died in 616. Since her son Adaloald was still a minor, Theudelinde initially ran the government. Even after he came of age, she influenced her son to pursue a friendly policy towards the Roman church and the Byzantine emperor, which triggered violent reactions in the empire, which ultimately led to his overthrow and death in 626. The new King Arioald married Theudelinde's daughter Gundeperga, who would later marry King Rothari .

Around 627/628, soon after the death of her son, Theudelinde also died, although the exact year of her death is unknown. She is venerated as a blessed by the Catholic Church, memorial day is January 22nd. With Aripert I , son of Theudelinde's brother Gundoald, another member of Theudelinde's family came to power in 652.

Secundus von Trient , who also corresponded with Pope Gregory and who had carried out Adaloald's baptism , probably acted as one of their church political advisers . Secundus wrote a now lost historical work in which Theudelinde was presented very positively. The description given by Paulus Diaconus is probably based on this representation, who is likely to have relied mainly on Secundus for this period. Since the work of Secundus broke off in 612, very little information has come down to Theudelindes for the following years from Paulus, who is the main source for this time.

A memorial plaque for them is in the Walhalla in Donaustauf .

Adaptation

literature

Web links

Commons : Theudelinde  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Martina Hartmann , The Queen in the Early Middle Ages , Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2009, ISBN 978-3-17-018473-2 , p. 215
  2. ↑ Martina Hartmann , The Queen in the Early Middle Ages , Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2009, ISBN 978-3-17-018473-2 , pp. 46–47
personal data
SURNAME Theudelinde
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Theodelinde; Theodolinde; Theodelind
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Longobard Queen and Blessed
DATE OF BIRTH around 570
DATE OF DEATH January 22, 627
Place of death Varenna on Lake Como