Aripert II was king of the Lombards from 701 to 712. Duke of Turin and son of King Raginpert, he was associated with the throne as early as 700. He was deposed by Liutpert at first and did not regain the power until 703. He thence reigned uninterrupted until his death in battle at the hands of Ansprand whom he had exiled. He was the last Bavarian to wear the Iron Crown. 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 September 30 - John VI succeeds Sergius I as Pope. ... Events Ansprand succeeds Aripert as king of the Lombards. ... Turin (Italian Torino) is a major industrial city in north-western Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the west bank of the Po River. ... // Events Saint Adamnan convinces 51 kings to adopt Cáin Adomnáin defining the relationship between women and priests. ... Events Births Deaths Empress Jito of Japan In Other Fields 703 is the area code for telephone numbers in the Northern Virginia region of the United States. ... Ansprand (c. ... The Free State of Bavaria  (German: Freistaat Bayern), with an area of 70,553 km² (27,241 square miles) and 12. ... The Iron Crown of Lombardy is both a reliquary and one of the most ancient royal insignia of Europe. ...