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Alboin (ăl`boin), d. 572?, first Lombard king in Italy (569–572?). With the Avars Avars (ä`värz), mounted nomad people who in the 4th and 5th cent. dominated the steppes of central Asia. ..... Click the link for more information. he defeated the Gepidae (see Germans Germans, great ethnic complex of ancient Europe, a basic stock in the composition of the modern peoples of Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, N Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, N and central France, Lowland Scotland, and ..... Click the link for more information. ). He then led (568) an army across the Alps into Italy, took (569) Milan, and after a three-year siege conquered Pavia, which became his capital. He won most of N and central Italy from the Byzantines (see Lombards Lombards (lŏm`bərdz, –bärdz), ancient Germanic people. By the 1st cent. A.D. ..... Click the link for more information. ). According to a legend probably based on fact, he was murdered at the instigation of his wife, Rosamond Rosamond (rŏz`əmənd), fl. c.570, wife of the Lombard king Alboin . ..... Click the link for more information. . How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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