Tags: Monarch.

Authari (c. 540 – 5 September 590 Pavia) also known as Agilolf was king of the Lombards from 584 to his death. After his father Cleph died in 574 the Lombardic nobility refused to appoint a successor resulting in ten years interregnum known as the Rule of the Dukes.In 574 and 575 the Lombards made the blunder of invading Provence then part of the kingdom of Burgundy of the Merovingian Guntram. Guntram allied with his nephew the king of Austrasia Childebert II invaded Lombardy.

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active years end year
0590-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
active years start year
0584-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
birth date
0540-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
death date
0590-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
death place
Pavia, Kingdom of the Lombards
parent
Cleph
predecessor
Rule of the Dukes
successor
Agilulf
title
King of the Lombards, center50px

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