Garipald 2 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
Sex | M |
Floruit | M/L VII |
Dates | 671 (taq) / 671 (tpq) |
Variant Names | Garibald |
Ethnicity | Lombard |
Locations | Ticinum (N. Italy) |
Titles | King of the Lombards (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) |
Garipald 2 was the son of the Lombard king Grimoald (Grimoald 3) and the daughter (Anonyma 48) of king Aripert I (Charibert 1); he was still a child when Grimoald 3 died (in 671) and he succeeded to the throne, but was almost immediately overthrown at Ticinum by Perctarit 1: Paul. Diac., Hist. Lang. V 33. His fate is not recorded by Paul.
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