{"slug": "desiderius", "label": "Desiderius", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desiderius", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q297520", "qid": "Q297520", "description": "King of the Lombards from 756 to 774", "entries": 10, "years": 10, "span": [758, 788], "span_label": ["758 CE", "788 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 6}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 2}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}], "related": [{"slug": "lombards", "label": "Lombards", "shared": 9}, {"slug": "francia", "label": "Francia", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "rome", "label": "Rome", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "italy", "label": "Italy", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "franks", "label": "Franks", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "duchy-of-benevento", "label": "Duchy of Benevento", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "pepin-the-short", "label": "Pepin the Short", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "charlemagne", "label": "Charlemagne", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "pavia", "label": "Pavia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "ad-767", "label": "AD 767", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "pope-adrian-i", "label": "Pope Adrian I", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "constantinople", "label": "Constantinople", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 758, "year_label": "758 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Summer – Duke Liutprand of Benevento attains majority, and rebels against Lombard rule. King Desiderius defeats him, and grants his duchy to Arechis II (son of Liutprand). He marries Adelperga, daughter of Desiderius, and establishes friendly (but largely independent) relations with the Lombard Kingdom.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366654492#Europe", "title": "758", "revid": 1366654492, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 763, "year_label": "763 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August", "text": "August – Byzantine troops invade the Papal States, in alliance with King Desiderius of the Lombards. King Pepin III (\"the Short\") intervenes, and begins negotiations between the Lombards and Pope Paul I. Desiderius promises to end the hostilities, but on condition that Pepin sends back Lombard hostages held by the Franks.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359487766#Europe", "title": "763", "revid": 1359487766, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 768, "year_label": "768 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "August 7", "text": "August 7 – Pope Stephen III succeeds Paul I as the 94th pope of the Catholic Church. The antipope Constantine II is overthrown at Rome, through intervention by King Desiderius of the Lombards, after a brief reign (see 767).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267068964#Religion", "title": "768", "revid": 1267068964, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 770, "year_label": "770 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "King Charlemagne signs a peace treaty with Duke Tassilo III of Bavaria, and marries the Lombard princess Desiderata (daughter of King Desiderius). He travels to the Lombard court at Pavia to conclude arrangements. Pope Stephen III opposes the marriage, and protests about a Frankish-Lombard alliance.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340847752#Europe", "title": "770", "revid": 1340847752, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 771, "year_label": "771 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "December 4", "text": "December 4 – King Carloman I, youngest son of Pepin III (\"the Short\"), dies (of a severe nosebleed, according to one source) at the Villa of Samoussy, leaving his brother Charlemagne sole ruler of the now reunified Frankish Kingdom. Gerberga, the widow of Carloman, flees with her two sons to the court of King Desiderius of the Lombards, at Pavia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340847758#Europe", "title": "771", "revid": 1340847758, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 772, "year_label": "772 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Desiderius of the Lombards, enraged by the repudiation by Charlemagne of his daughter Desiderata, proclaims Gerberga's sons lawful heirs to the Frankish throne. He attacks Pope Adrian I for refusing to crown them, and invades the Duchy of the Pentapolis. Desiderius marches on Rome, and Adrian turns to the Franks for military support.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359487792#Europe", "title": "772", "revid": 1359487792, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 773, "year_label": "773 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Siege of Pavia: Charlemagne besieges Pavia, which is poorly stocked with food. King Desiderius remains in the capital, and orders his son Adalgis to defend Verona to guard Gerberga, and the children of Carloman I. After a short siege, Adalgis flees to Constantinople, where he is received by Emperor Constantine V. Meanwhile, the Franks capture the cities of Verona and Mortara.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369635460#Europe", "title": "773", "revid": 1369635460, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 774, "year_label": "774 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June", "text": "June – King Desiderius surrenders the independence of the Lombards to the Franks, and is exiled to Corbie Abbey (Picardy). Charlemagne annexes northern Italy as a sub-kingdom, and takes the title of Rex Langobardorum. Some Lombards flee south to Benevento, which remains independent; Duke Arechis II retitles himself \"Prince of Benevento\".", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340848019#Europe", "title": "774", "revid": 1340848019, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 786, "year_label": "786 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Desiderius, king of the Lombards (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340848276#Deaths", "title": "786", "revid": 1340848276, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 788, "year_label": "788 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Byzantine troops led by Adalgis, son of former Lombard king Desiderius, invade southern Italy. His attempts are thwarted by the Franks, who attack territories in Benevento, obtaining notably the annexion of Chieti (Spoleto).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364753395#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "788", "revid": 1364753395, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}]}