Audelais of Benevento
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Audelais was an usurper of the duchy of Benevento
for two years after the death of Romuald II
. He overthrew Romuald's son and heir, Gisulf II
.
Liutprand, King of the Lombards
, came down and removed both Gisulf and Audelais and placed his own candidate, Gregory
, on the throne.
Duchy of Benevento
The Duchy and later Principality of Benevento was the southernmost Lombard duchy in medieval Italy, centred on Benevento, a city central in the Mezzogiorno. Owing to the Ducatus Romanus of the popes, which cut it off from the rest of Lombard Italy, Benevento was from the first practically...
for two years after the death of Romuald II
Romuald II of Benevento
Romuald II the Younger was the son of Gisulf I and Winiperga. He succeeded as duke of Benevento on the death of his father, which is dated variously as 698, 706, or 707. According to Paul the Deacon, Gisulf reigned 17 years, which would imply his death in 698, but Paul also mentions acts which...
. He overthrew Romuald's son and heir, Gisulf II
Gisulf II of Benevento
Gisulf II was the third last duke of Benevento before the fall of the Lombard kingdom. He ruled from 743, when King Liutprand came down and removed Godescalc, to his death up to ten years later....
.
Liutprand, King of the Lombards
Liutprand, King of the Lombards
Liutprand was the King of the Lombards from 712 to 744 and is chiefly remembered for his Donation of Sutri, in 728, and his long reign, which brought him into a series of conflicts, mostly successful, with most of Italy. He profited by Byzantine weakness to enlarge his domains in Emilia and the...
, came down and removed both Gisulf and Audelais and placed his own candidate, Gregory
Gregory of Benevento
Gregory was a nephew of King Liutprand of the Lombards, who appointed him Duke of Benevento in 733 or thereabouts after removing both the usurper Audelais and the minor Gisulf II. He governed the "people of the Samnites," as Paul the Deacon calls the Beneventans, for seven years.He was married to...
, on the throne.