Garibald
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Garibald was the young son of Grimoald I of Benevento, king of the Lombards, and Theodota, daughter of Aripert I. After his father's death in 671, he reigned briefly for three months until the numerous adherents of Perctarit, his uncle, who had been exiled by Grimoald nine years earlier, besought their candidate to return and elected him, deposing the young king. He was the last Arian king in Europe.
Key facts
- Royalty.name
- Garibald
- Royalty.reign
- King of the Lombards King of Italy
- Royalty.house
- Beneventan Dynasty
- Royalty.father
- Grimoald
- Royalty.mother
- a daughter of Aripert I
- Royalty.religion
- Arian
- Royalty.predecessor1
- Grimoald
- Royalty.successor1
- Perctarit
- Royalty.birth_date
- 655
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Father
- Grimoald I of Benevento
- Sibling
- Romuald I of Benevento
- Occupation
- sovereign
- Family
- Gausian dynasty
- Noble title
- monarch of Italy
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- date of birth
- 0665-01-01
- date of death
- 0671-00-00
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Garibald was the young son of Grimoald I of Benevento, king of the Lombards, and Theodota, daughter of Aripert I. After his father's death in 671, he reigned briefly for three months until the numerous adherents of Perctarit, his uncle, who had been exiled by Grimoald nine years earlier, besought their candidate to return and elected him, deposing the young king. He was the last Arian king in Europe.
==Notes==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Garibald” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.