Faroald 1 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | E VIII |
| Dates | 703 (taq) / 712 (tpq) |
| Variant Names | Farualdus;
Faroaldus;
Falualdus |
| Ethnicity | Lombard |
| Locations | Spoletium (Umbria) (residence);
Spoletium (Umbria);
Ravenna;
Classis (Ravenna) |
| Occupation | Cleric |
| Titles | Dux, Spoletium (Umbria) (office) |
| Textual Sources | Paulus Diaconus, Historia Gentis Langobardorum, ed. L. Bethmann and G. Waitz, MGH, Scr. Rer. Lang., pp. 12-187; also in MGH, Scr. Rer. Ger. 48, pp. 49-242 (history) |
Faroald 1 was the son of the Lombard dux of Spoletium, Transamundus (Trasimund 2); nephew of Wachilap 1; on his father's death (in 703) Faroald was appointed to his post ("in loco patris est subrogatus"): Paul. Diac., Hist. Lang. VI 30. Early in the reign of Liutprand 1 (to judge by the place in the narrative of Paul) Faroald 1 the dux of Spoletium seized Classis the city of Ravenna but on Liutprand 1's orders it was restored to the Romans ("Faroaldus Spolitanorum ductor Classem civitatem Ravennantium invasit; sed iussu regis Liutprandi hisdem Romanis reddita est"); his own son Transamundus (Trasimund 3) rebelled against him, forced him to become a cleric and replaced him as dux of Spoletium ("eumque clericum faciens, locum eius invasit"): Paul. Diac., Hist. Lang. VI 44.
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