DESIDERIUS  , the last 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, or LANGOBARDI

Lombards, is chiefly known through his connexion with See also:

• CHARLEMAGNE [CHARLES THE GREAT] (c. 742-814)
• CHARLEMAGNE, JEAN ARMAND (1753–1838)

Charlemagne . He was See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• TUSCANY
• TUSCANY (Toscana)

Tuscany and became king of the Lombards after the See also:

• DEATH

death of Aistulf in 756 . Seeking, like his predecessors, to extend the Lombard See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power in See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy, he came into collision with the papacy, and about 772 the new See also:

• POPE (Gr. irarraas, post-classical Lat. papa, father)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1688–1744)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1763-1835)
• POPE, JANE (1742-1818)
• POPE, JOHN (1822-1892)
• POPE, SIR THOMAS (c. 1507-1559)

pope, See also:

• ADRIAN
• ADRIAN, SAINT

Adrian I., implored the aid of Charlemagne against him . Other causes of See also:

• QUARREL

quarrel already existed between the Frankish and the Lombard See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings . In 770 Charlemagne had married a daughter of Desiderius; but he soon put this See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

lady away, and sent her back to her See also:

• FATHER

father . Moreover, Gerberga, the widow of Charlemagne's See also:

• BROTHER

brother See also:

• CARLOMAN
• CARLOMAN (751-771)
• CARLOMAN (828-88o)
• CARLOMAN (d. 754)
• CARLOMAN (d. 884)

Carloman, had sought the See also:

• PROTECTION

protection of the Lombard king after her See also:

• HUSBAND

husband's death in 771; and in return for the slight See also:

• CAST (from the verb meaning " to throw "; the word is Scand. in origin, cf. Dan. kaste, and Swed. kasta; " cast " in Middle Eng. took the place of the A.S. weor pan, cf. Ger. werf en)

cast upon his daughter, Desiderius had recognized Gerberga's sons as the lawful Frankish kings, and had attacked Adrian for refusing to See also:

• CROWN

crown them, Such was the position when Charlemagne led his troops across the See also:

• ALPS

Alps in 773, took the Lombard See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital, See also:

• TICINUM (mod. Pavia, q.v.)

Ticinum, the See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

• PAVIA (anc. Ticinum, q.v.)

Pavia, in See also:

• JUNE

June 774, and added the See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom of See also:

• LOMBARDY

Lombardy to his own dominions . Desiderius was carried to See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, where he died, and his son, Adalgis, spent his See also:

• LIFE

life in futile attempts to recover his father's kingdom . The name of Desiderius appears in the romances of the Carolingian See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period . See S . See also:

• ABEL (better ABELL), THOMAS (d. 1540)
• ABEL (Hebrew for breath)
• ABEL, KARL FRIEDRICH (1725-1787)
• ABEL, NIELS HENRIK (1802-1829)
• ABEL, SIR FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, BART

Abel, Untergang See also:

• DES

des Langobardenreichs (See also:

• GOTTINGEN

Gottingen, 1859) ; and 7ahrbilcher des frdnkischen Reiches unter Karl dem Grossen (See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig, 1865) ; L . M . See also:

• HARTMANN, KARL ROBERT EDUARD VON (1842–1906)
• HARTMANN, MORITZ (1821–1872)

Hartmann, Geschichte Italiens See also:

• IM(K2+a2+h2—2 ah cos 0)

im Mittelalter (See also:

• GOTHA

Gotha, 1903) ; and See also:

• PAULUS
• PAULUS (older form PAur.Lus), LUCIUS AEMILIUS
• PAULUS, HEINRICH

Paulus Diaconus, Historia Langobardorum, edited by L .

Bethmann and G . See also:

• WAITZ, GEORG (1813-1886)
• WAITZ, THEODOR (1821-1864)

Waitz (See also:

• HANOVER
• HANOVER (Ger. Hannover)

Hanover, 1878) .