Ratchis
Sign in to savethumb|Altar of Ratchis in Cividale, dedicated to the memory of his father Pemmo thumb|Ratchis's law code, copy from c. 1005 Ratchis (died after 757) was the Duke of Friuli (739–744) and then King of the Lombards (744–749).
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thumb|Altar of Ratchis in Cividale, dedicated to the memory of his father Pemmo thumb|Ratchis's law code, copy from c. 1005 Ratchis (died after 757) was the Duke of Friuli (739–744) and then King of the Lombards (744–749).
Ratchis was the son of Duke Pemmo of Friuli and the nephew of the Lombard king Liutprand, who, despite his history of strife with Pemmo, appointed Ratchis to succeed his father in 737. Ratchis was married to a Roman woman named Tassia. During his rule of Friuli, he launched an expedition against the Slavs in Carniola, across the Eastern Alps, fighting in person during the battles.
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