Grimoald I (c.610-671) was duke of Benevento (647-662) and king of the Lombards (662-672). Events October 4 - Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, overthrows Byzantine Emperor Phocas and becomes Emperor. ... Events Chinese Buddhist pilgrim I-Ching visited the capital of the partly-Buddhist kingdom of Srivijaya, Palembang, Indonesia. ... Benevento is a town and archiepiscopal see of Campania, Italy, capital of the province of Benevento, 32 miles northeast of Naples. ... Events The Cheomseongdae astronomical observatory is constructed in Silla around this time. ... Events The regent Grimuald usurps the kingship of the Lombards, driving Perctarit into exile and killing Godepert Births Kakinomoto no Hitomaro, Japanese poet (approximate date) Deaths Maximus the Confessor, Byzantine theologian Godepert, king of the Lombards Categories: 662 ... 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 April 11 - Adeodatus succeeds Vitalian as Pope. ...

Born probably before 610 to Duke Gisulf II of Friuli and the Bavarian princess Ramhilde, daughter of Duke Garibald I of Bavaria, he succeeded his brother Radoald (642-647) as duke of Benevento. He married the princess Theodota, daughter of King Aripert I. There son was Garibald. The Free State of Bavaria  (German: Freistaat Bayern), with an area of 70,553 km² (27,241 square miles) and 12. ... Events August 5 - In the Battle of Maserfield, Penda king of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald, king of Bernicia. ... Aripert I was king of the Lombards (653-661) in Italy. ...

In 662, after being called to assist King Godepert in a war with his brother King Perctarit, Grimoald gave Benevento to his eldest son Romuald (662-677) and, removing the fraternal impediments to his regality with the aid of Duke Garibald of Turin, assassinated Godepert and forced Perctarit to flee. He sent Perctarit's wife and son to Benevento and took over the kingship of the Lombards. Godepert was king of the Lombards (661), son and successor of Aripert I. He was an Arian who governed from Milan while his brother, Perctarit, a Roman Catholic, governed from the ancient capital, Pavia. ... // Events Battle of Syllaeum: Arab fleet destroyed by Byzantines Tang China declares the deposed King Bojang of Goguryeo King of Joseon, placing him in charge of the Liaodong area under the Protectorate General to Pacify the East. ... Cunipert or Cunincpert was king of the Lombards from 688 to 700. ...

His martial prowess and skill in the field of battle secured his victory in many border wars. He led his armies to victory personally against the Byzantines under Emperor Constans II at the siege of Benevento, where they had been besieging the young Romuald, who betrothed his sister Gisa to Constans. Romuald then took Taranto and Brindisi, much limiting the Byzantine influence in the region. Grimoald took Forlì, in the north, from the Greeks and razed Oderzo, where his brothers had been murdered. The Byzantine Empire is the term conventionally used to describe the Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centered at its capital in Constantinople. ... Constans II and his son Constantine IV on a contemporary coin Constans Heraclius, known in English as Constans II, (November 7, 630–September 15, 668) was Byzantine emperor from 641 to 668. ... Gisa may refer to: People: Gisa (Bishop), Gisa, Bishop of Wells from 1060 to 1088 Schools: GISA (schools), the Georgia Independent School Association Sotware Gisa (software), Integrated Management of Archive Systems (Gestão Integrada de Sistemas de Arquivo) This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might... Map of Italy showing Taranto in the bottom right Taranto is a coastal city in Apulia, southern Italy. ... Categories: Italy-related stubs | Towns in Puglia ... Forlì (44°13′ N 12°02′ E)is a city in Emilia-Romagna, Italy. ...

While he was combatting the Byzantines in the Mezzogiorno, he left Duke Lupus of Friuli as regent in the north. Lupus usurped all authority and rebelled, though he was crushed and with the help of the Avars his duchy despoiled and devastated. Grimoald tracked down Lupus' aspiring son Arnefrit, and his Slav allies, and defeated him at Nimis. Arnefrit died in battle. Grimoald placed Wechthari, a stalwart enemy of the Slavs, in Friuli. The Mezzogiorno or Southern Italy is the area of Italy south of Rome. ... The word Avars can mean: The nomadic people that conquered the Hungarian Steppe in the early Middle Ages, the Eurasian Avars. ... Slav, Slavic or Slavonic can refer to: Slavic peoples Slavic languages Slavic mythology Church Slavonic language Old Church Slavonic language Slavonian can also refer to Slavonia, a region in eastern Croatia. ... Friuli (Furlan: Friûl, German: Friaul) is an area of north-eastern Italy, comprising the major part of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region. ...

He defeated the Franks allied with Perctarit at Asti and the Avars, of whom he had been a hostage in his youth. He saved the northeast of Italy by defeating the Slav tribes and maintained internal order by suppressing the baronial revolts and autonomy of the duchies of Spoleto, where he installed Transamund, and Friuli. This article needs cleanup. ... The word Avars can mean: The nomadic people that conquered the Hungarian Steppe in the early Middle Ages, the Eurasian Avars. ... The independent Duchy of Spoleto in southern Italy was a Lombard territory founded about 570 by a Lombard dux Faroald. ... Friuli (Furlan: Friûl, German: Friaul) is an area of north-eastern Italy, comprising the major part of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region. ...

Religiously, he remained an Arian despite his marriage to a Catholic and he was aloof of the Papacy. However, he perceived Saint Michael—whose cult was strong in Italy—as the warrior-protector of the Lombard nation. Arian may refer to one of the following. ... The Pope is the Catholic Bishop and patriarch of Rome, and head of the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Catholic Churches. ... Guido Renis archangel Michael (in the Capuchin church of Sta. ...

He died in 671 after concluding a treaty with the Franks and was succeeded by Perctarit, whom he had exiled.

References

• 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.