Ansa 1

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexF
FloruitM/L VIII
Dates774 (taq) / 774 (tpq)
EthnicityLombard
LocationsCorbie (Monastery of, Francia) (exileplace);
Francia (exileplace);
Pavia;
Ticinum (N. Italy) (residence);
Ticinum (N. Italy) (topographical);
Corbie (Monastery of, Francia) (residence);
Francia
Textual SourcesAnnales Laurissenses Maiores, ed. F. Kurze MGH, Scr. Rer. Ger. 6 (1895) (annals);
Annales Sangallenses Maiores, ed. G. Pertz, MGH, SS 1 (1831), pp. 73-85 (annals);
Liber Pontificalis, ed. L. Duchesne, Le liber pontificalis. Texte, introduction et commentaire, 2 vols. (Paris, 1886-92); re-issued with 3rd vol. by C. Vogel, (Paris, 1955-57) (chronicle)

Ansa 1 was the wife of the Lombard king Desiderius (Desiderios 3): Annales Sangallenses Maiores ad a. 774 (MGH, SS I, p. 75). Ansa 1 was captured with her husband Desiderios 3 at Pavia in 774 by the Frankish king Charles (Karoulos 1; Charlemagne) and spent the remainder of her life in exile in Francia in the monastery of Corbie: Lib. Pont. 97. 44, Annales Laurissenses ad a. 774, Annales Sangallenses Maiores, loc. cit. Presumably Ansa 1 was the mother of Adalgisos 1 and Adelperga 1.

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