See also:ALBOIN (d. 572 or 573)
, See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of the See also:Lombards, and conqueror of See also:Italy, succeeded his See also:father Audoin about 565
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The Lombards were at that See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time dwelling in See also:Noricum and See also:Pannonia (archduchy of See also:Austria, See also:Styria and See also:Hungary, See also:west of the See also:Danube)
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In See also:alliance with the See also:Avars, and See also:Asiatic See also:people who had invaded central See also:Europe, See also:Alboin defeated the Gepidae, a powerful nation on his eastern frontier, slew their king Cunimund, whose See also:skull he fashioned into a drinking-See also:cup, and whose daughter Rosamund he carried off and made his wife
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Three years later (in 568), on the alleged invitation.of See also:Narses (q.v.), who was irritated by the treatment he had received from the See also:emperor See also:Justin II., Alboin invaded Italy, probably marching over the pass of the Predil
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He overran See also:Venetia and the wide See also:district which we now See also:call See also:Lombardy, See also:- MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)
meeting with but feeble resistance till he came to the See also:city of See also:Ticinum (See also:Pavia), which for three years (569–572) kept the Lombards at See also:bay
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While this See also:siege was in progress Alboin was also engaged in other parts of Italy, and at its See also:close he was probably See also:master of Lombardy, See also:Piedmont and See also:Tuscany, as well as of the regions which afterwards went by the name of the duchies of See also:Spoleto and See also:Benevento
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In 572 or 573, how-ever, he was assassinated by his See also:- CHAMBERLAIN (0. Fr. chamberlain, chamberlenc, Mod. Fr. chambellan, from O. H. Ger. Chamarling, Chamarlinc, whence also the Med. Lat. cambellanus, camerlingus, camerlengus; Ital. camerlingo; Span. camerlengo, compounded of 0. H. Ger. Chamara, Kamara [Lat.
- CHAMBERLAIN, JOSEPH (1836— )
- CHAMBERLAIN, JOSHUA LAWRENCE (1828– )
- CHAMBERLAIN, SIR NEVILLE BOWLES (1820-1902)
chamberlain Peredeo at the instigation of See also:Queen Rosamund, whom Alboin had grievously insulted by forcing her to drink See also:wine out of her father's skull
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After his See also:death and the See also:short reign of his successor Cleph the Lombards remained for more than ten years in a See also:state of anarchy
.
The authorities for the See also:history of Alboin are See also:Procopius, See also:Paulus Diaconus and Agnellus (in his history of the See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of See also:Ravenna)
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