Tags: Monarch.
Gisulf I was probably the first duke of Friuli (then Forum Julii). He was a nephew of Alboin first king of the Lombards in Italy who appointed him duke around 569 after the Lombard conquest of the region though some scholars believe he appointed his brother Grasulf Gisulf’s father.Before this Gisulf had been Alboin’s marpahis or master of the horse sometimes considered a shield-bearer.
