Arioald, brother-in-law of Agilulf's heir Adaloald, deposes…
626 CE
Arioald, brother-in-law of Agilulf's heir Adaloald, deposes the him with the support of the nobility in 626, for young king has gone mad.
Upon becoming king, he has his wife locked up in a monastery, accusing her of plotting against him with Tasson, duke of Friuli.
He also reestablishes Arianism in the Lombard kingdom.
His only recorded wars are against the Avars, whom he succeeds n repelling during an attempted invasion of northeast Italy.
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Lombards (West Germanic tribe)
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Christianity, Arian
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Christianity, Chalcedonian
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Greeks, Medieval (Byzantines)
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Avar Khaganate (Eurasian Avars)
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Lombards (Italy), Kingdom of the
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Friuli, (Lombard) duchy of
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Ravenna, Exarchate of
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Roman Empire, Eastern: Heraclian dynasty
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