Garipald 2

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitM/L VII
Dates671 (taq) / 671 (tpq)
Variant NamesGaribald
EthnicityLombard
LocationsTicinum (N. Italy)
TitlesKing of the Lombards (office)
Textual SourcesPaulus 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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