Grimoald 1 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
Sex | M |
Floruit | L VIII |
Ethnicity | Lombard |
Locations | Italy |
Titles | King of the Lombards (office) |
Textual Sources | Erchempert, Historia Langobardorum Beneventanorum, ed. G. Waitz, MGH, Scr. Rer. Lang., pp. 234-264 (history); Vita Sancti Philareti, by Nicetas of Amnia (BHG 1511z), ed. M.-H. Fourmy and M. Leroy, "La Vie de S. Philarhte", Byz 9 (1934), pp. 113-167 (hagiography) |
Grimoald 1 was King of the Lombards; his name in the Greek source is given as Argouses; he sent envoys and gifts to the emperor Constantine VI (Konstantinos 8) for the hand of Euanthia 2 (sister of the empress Maria 2 and a daughter of Philaretos 1); the emperor sent her to Italy to marry him: Nicetas, Vita S. Philareti, p. 143, 20-25. The marriage is recorded also in Erchempert, Hist. Lang. Benevent. 4-5 (p. 236) ("
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