Walthari

Walthari († 546 ) was dux (duke) of the Longobards from 540 to 546 on the central Danube .

Life

Longobard settlement area on the middle Danube

Walthari was the son of King Wacho of the Lithingi (Lethinger) family and his third wife Silinga , a daughter of the Herul king Rudolf . When his father died in 540 he was still a minor, so Audoin from the Gausen family took over the reign. Since he wanted to ascend the throne himself, he had the young Walthari eliminated after about seven years and was his successor. Walthari was the last ruler of the Lethinger dynasty.

See also

• Tribal list of the kings of the Lombards

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
• anonymous, Origo Gentis Langobardorum

Web links

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

Wikisource: Origo Gentis Langobardorum  - Sources and full texts (Latin)

• Paulus Diaconus: History of the Langobards (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Historia Langobardorum I, chap. 21st
2. ↑ ^{a b} Origo Gentis Langobardorum chap. 4
3. ^ Felix Dahn:  Audoin . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 46, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1902, p. 81 f.
4. ↑ Historia Langobardorum I, chap. 22nd

predecessor	Office	successor
Wacho	Duke of the Lombards 540-546	Audoin