Authari
6th-century Lombard king (540-590)
7 dated entries naming Authari, drawn from 6 separate years between 540 CE and 591 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.
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6th century
- 540Authari, king of the Lombards (approximate date)source
- 584The Lombards re-establish a unified monarchy after a 10-year interregnum (Rule of the Dukes). Threatened by a Frankish invasion that the dukes have provoked, they elect Authari (son of Cleph) as their king and give him the capital of Pavia (Northern Italy).source
- 588The Lombard Kingdom (Italy) is converted to Roman Catholicism under the rule of King Authari (approximate date).source
- 589May 15 – King Authari marries Theodelinda, daughter of the Bavarian duke Garibald I. A Catholic, she has great influence at court and among the Lombard nobility.source
- 590September 5 – King Authari dies (possibly by poison) after a six-year reign, and is succeeded by Agilulf, duke (dux) of Turin, who marries his widow Theodelinda.source
- 590September 5 – Authari, king of the Lombardssource
- 591Agilulf, cousin of Authari (called "the Thuringian"), is raised on the shield (a ceremonial investment) by Lombard warriors in Milan. He becomes king of the Lombards, on advice of the Lombard dukes (dux). Agilulf marries widowed queen Theodelinda and is baptized to please her.source
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- Lombards (5)
- Theodelinda (3)
- Kingdom of the Lombards (2)
- Agilulf (2)
- Italy (1)
- Roman Catholicism (1)
- Franks (1)
- Pavia (1)
- Northern Italy (1)
- Dux (1)
- Bavaria (1)
- Milan (1)