Godehok ( Gudeok ; Italian. Godehoc, Gudeoc ; second half of the 5th century ) is the king of the Lombards (470s - after 489 years) from the Lening dynasty . The son and heir to King Aldihok .
| Godehok | |||||||
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| ital. Godehoc, gudeoc | |||||||
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| Predecessor | Aldihok | ||||||
| Successor | Claffo | ||||||
| Birth | |||||||
| Death | after 489 | ||||||
| Kind | Flying | ||||||
| Father | Aldihok | ||||||
| Children | son: claffo | ||||||
Biography
During Godehok’s reign, the Lombards , moving south along the Elbe River , occupied Norik (“Rugiland” - the land of the Rugs ) for about 489, devastated in 487 during the defeat of the kingdom of Rugs by the ruler of Italy, Odoacre . Having occupied these lands, the Lombards first came into contact with the territories subordinate to Byzantium .
Godehoku was succeeded by his son Klaffo [1] .
Notes
- ↑ The origin of the Lombard people (chapters 2-3); Pavel Deacon . History of the Lombards (Book I, chapters 18–20).
Literature
- Pavel Deacon. History of the Lombards . - SPb. : ABC classic, 2008 .-- 320 p. - ISBN 978-5-91181-861-6 .
- Chronicles of the long-haired kings. - SPb. : ABC classic, 2004 .-- 352 p. - ISBN 5-352-00705-7 .
- Nechaev V.M. Langobards // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
Links
- The origin of the people of the Lombards . Eastern literature . Date of treatment December 2, 2010. Archived March 10, 2012.