Alboin
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Middle Ages
- Categories: Government and Politics, Religion, Ethics, Royalty, Rulers, Nobility
- Subcategories: Kings, Queens, Kingdoms, Monarchy, Wars, Battles, Empires, Dynasties, Invasions, Raids, Conquests, Sieges, Byzantine Empire
- Curriculum: German History, Medieval History/Middle Ages
Article abstract: As a powerful and aggressive king of the Lombards in Pannonia, Alboin successfully invaded northern Italy in 568, countering the Byzantines and establishing a kingdom that lasted for more than two centuries.
Early Life
The Lombards, a northwestern Germanic tribe that may have originated in Scandinavia, flourished on the borders of the Roman Empire during the fifth century. They moved across the Danube to occupy Hungary in the 520’s under the leadership of Waccho. It was there, in Pannonia, that Alboin was born to the Lombard king...
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