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Alboin

Type Figure Region Northern Italy Time c. 530–572 Also known as Alboin、阿布因

Alboin (c. 530–572) was the founder of the Lombard Kingdom and its first king in Italy;…

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  1. c. 530–560Pannonia · Pannonian PlainAlboin was born into the Lombard royal house of Pannonia, son of King Audoin. In his youth he took part in several wars against the Gepids and slew the Gepid prince Cunimund, earning a reputation for bravery that underpinned his claim to the throne.
  2. c. 560–568Pannonia · Pannonian PlainAfter succeeding his father Audoin, Alboin allied with the Avars and in 567 utterly defeated the long-standing enemy Gepid Kingdom, killing its king Cunimund and taking Cunimund's daughter Rosamund as his queen. He then began preparing to lead the Lombards into Italy.
  3. 568–572Pavia · LombardyIn 568 Alboin led the Lombard host across the Alps into Italy, swiftly taking Friuli and the Veneto, capturing Milan in 569, and in 572 taking Pavia after a three-year siege, making it his royal capital. Most of northern Italy now fell to the Lombards, and the Lombard Kingdom was formally founded.
  4. 572Verona · VenetoIn 572 Alboin was murdered in Verona in a plot by Queen Rosamund and her lover, the knight Helmegis. According to Paul the Deacon, Alboin had forced Rosamund to drink from a cup made from her father's skull, provoking deep hatred; his death marked the end of the Lombard Kingdom's founding era.

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