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Alboin (530s – 28 June 572) was king of the Lombards from about 560 until 572. During his reign the Lombards ended their migrations by settling in Italy, the northern part of which Alboin conquered between 569 and 572. He had a lasting effect on Italy and the Pannonian Basin; in the former, his invasion marked the beginning of centuries of Lombard rule, and in the latter, his defeat of the Gepids and his departure from Pannonia ended the dominance there of the Germanic peoples.

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Monarch.image
Nuremberg chronicles f 147v 1.jpg
Monarch.spouse
Chlothsind Rosamund
Monarch.name
Alboin
Monarch.title
King of the Lombards
Monarch.caption
Woodcut vignette of Alboin in the 1493 Nuremberg Chronicle
Monarch.reign
560/565 – 572
Monarch.predecessor
Audoin
Monarch.successor
Cleph
Monarch.issue
Albsuinda
Monarch.royal house
Gausi
Monarch.father
Audoin
Monarch.mother
Rodelinda
Monarch.birth_date
530s
Monarch.birth_place
Pannonia
Monarch.death_date
28 June 572
Monarch.death_place
Verona, Kingdom of the Lombards
Monarch.religion
Arianism
Monarch.burial_place
Verona, Italy

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Alboin
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0572-06-28
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20 sections
Contents
  • Etymology
  • Father's rule
  • Reign in Pannonia
  • Preparations and departure from Pannonia
  • March to Italy
  • Invasion of Italy
  • Foundation of the Duchy of Friuli
  • Conquest of Milan
  • Impact of the migration on Annonarian Italy
  • Siege of Ticinum
  • Assassination
  • Earliest narratives
  • Skull cup
  • Death
  • Aftermath
  • Cultural references
  • See also
  • Notes
  • References
  • External links

Alboin (530s – 28 June 572) was king of the Lombards from about 560 until 572. During his reign the Lombards ended their migrations by settling in Italy, the northern part of which Alboin conquered between 569 and 572. He had a lasting effect on Italy and the Pannonian Basin; in the former, his invasion marked the beginning of centuries of Lombard rule, and in the latter, his defeat of the Gepids and his departure from Pannonia ended the dominance there of the Germanic peoples.

The period of Alboin's reign as king in Pannonia following the death of his father, Audoin, was one of confrontation and conflict between the Lombards and their main neighbours, the Gepids. The Gepids initially gained the upper hand, but in 567, thanks to his alliance with the Avars, Alboin inflicted a decisive defeat on his enemies, whose lands the Avars subsequently occupied. The increasing power of his new neighbours caused Alboin some unease however, and he therefore decided to leave Pannonia for Italy, hoping to take advantage of the Byzantine Empire's vulnerability in defending its territory in the wake of the Gothic War.

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