Liutprando ( Italian: Liutprando , Lat. Liutprand ; died after 758 ) - Duke Benevento (749-758) of the clan of Gauza , son of Gizulf II and Scunipergi.
Liutprand | |||||||
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ital Liutprando , lat Liutprand | |||||||
Triss Liutprand | |||||||
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Predecessor | Gisulf II | ||||||
Successor | Arechis II | ||||||
Birth | |||||||
Death | after 758 | ||||||
Rod | Gausa | ||||||
Father | Gisulf II | ||||||
Mother | Scooper | ||||||
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Biography
Liutprand became Duke of Benevento in 749 , after the death of his father. During his minority, the duchy, as regent, was ruled by his mother Scuniper, who supported the policy of the king of the Lombards, Aystulf . The Volturn Chronicle mentions donations made to the monastery of San Vincenzo-on-Volturno by Liutprand and the Schooniper in November 747 [1] . If the dating of this fact is correct, the donations were made during the life of Gizulf II.
In 756, after the death of King Aystulf in Italy, a struggle for power began between the Duke of Tuscia Desiderius and Rathis , who had already been a former king, who had returned from the monastery. Taking advantage of this struggle, Liutprand, who had already reached the age of majority, declared the Duchy of Benevents independence from the Lombard kingdom. At about the same time, at the instigation of the Pope Stephen II (III) , he recognized the overlord of the Frankish King Pepin the Short .
In 758, Desiderius, strengthening his position in Northern Italy, moved with his army to the south. In Central Italy, he defeated, overthrew and imprisoned Alboin of Spoleto , then entered the Duchy of Benevento and announced the removal of Liutprand and the appointment of Benevento Arehis II , his son-in-law, to the new duke. Liutprand soon fled to Hydrunt, the most distant city of the beneficiary duchy, situated on the shores of the Ionian Sea , and fortified there. Some time later Desiderius summoned the Byzantine ambassador from Naples and invited him to conclude a treaty of alliance, according to which Emperor Constantine V would send an expeditionary corps to Italy, with which the Langobard army should be joined to subordinate Ravenna , while the Byzantine fleet who stood in Sicily , was to begin the siege of Hydrunta and force Liutprand to surrender. However, this union did not take place, and Liutprand was able to escape. His fate is unknown.
Notes
- ↑ Chronicon Vulturnense, Liber II, RIS I.2, P. 374
Literature
- Gregorovius F. History of the city of Rome in the Middle Ages (from the V to the XVI century) / Trans. with him. M. Litvinova, V. Linde, V. Savina. - M .: Alpha-book , 2008. - 1280 p. - (Complete edition in one volume). - 6000 copies - ISBN 978-5-9922-0191-8 .
Links
- Liutprando duca di Benevento (ital.)
- Southern Italy (Eng.) . Foundation for Medieval Genealogy . The appeal date is November 15, 2011. Archived March 28, 2012