Alahis or Alagis was duke of Trent and Brescia before becoming king of the Lombards after his successful rebellion in 688. He did not rule long, however. He died in 689. The term duke is a title of nobility which refers to the sovereign male ruler of a Continental European duchy, to a nobleman of the highest grade of the British peerage, or to the highest rank of nobility in various other European countries, including Portugal, Spain and France (in Italy... Trent is the name of several places: Trento in Italy, famous for the C16 Council of Trent trent logan Trent, Texas, USA Trent, South Dakota, USA Rivers: River Trent in the UK, or one of several other other Trent Rivers Other: Trent jet engine family manufactured by Rolls-Royce plc... Location within Italy Brescia is a city in the region of Lombardy in northern Italy with a population of around 200,000. ... The Lombards (Latin Langobardi, from which the alternative name Longobards found in older English texts), were a Germanic people originally from Scandinavia that entered the late Roman Empire. ... Events Emperor Justinian II of the Bulgarians. ... Events Battle of Coronate: The army of Cunincpert, king of the Lombards, defeat the followers of the usurper Alahis on the Adda River. ...
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Gwatkin, H.M. Whitney, J.P. (ed) The Cambridge Medieval History: Volume II—The Rise of the Saracens and the Foundations of the Western Empire. Cambridge University Press, 1926.
He forced Cunipert to a castle on an island in the middle of Lake Como, but his rule was burdensome and tyrannical, and so he lost the support of the people.
Finally, in 689, Cunipter issued forth with the men of Piedmont and defeated Alahis and the men of Venetia at Coronate, on the Horn of the Adda, near Lodi.
Suddenly there came to Alahis one who announced that Aldo and Grauso had fulfilled all they had promised him and had brought him the head of Cunincpert, and not only his head, but also his whole body, for the man declared that he was staying in the palace.
When Alahis heard this he was overwhelmed with dismay, and raging and gnashing his teeth, he threatened many things against Aldo and Grauso, and departed thence and returned through Placentia (Piacenza) to Austria [2] and joined to himself as allies the various cities, partly by flatteries, partly by force.
Then Alahis having died in this manner, king Cunincpert commanded that the body of Seno the deacon should be buried in great splendor before the gates of the church of St. John which the deacon had governed.
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