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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, is chiefly known through his connexion with See also:Charlemagne. He was See also:duke of See also:Tuscany and became king of the Lombards after the See also:death of Aistulf in 756. Seeking, like his predecessors, to extend the Lombard See also:power in See also:Italy, he came into collision with the papacy, and about 772 the new See also:pope, See also:Adrian I., implored the aid of Charlemagne against him. Other causes of See also:quarrel already existed between the Frankish and the Lombard See also:kings. In 770 Charlemagne had married a daughter of Desiderius; but he soon put this See also:lady away, and sent her back to her See also:father. Moreover, Gerberga, the widow of Charlemagne's See also:brother See also:Carloman, had sought the See also:protection of the Lombard king after her See also:husband's death in 771; and in return for the slight See also: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 them, Such was the position when Charlemagne led his troops across the See also:Alps in 773, took the Lombard See also:capital, See also:Ticinum, the See also:modern See also:Pavia, in See also:June 774, and added the See also:kingdom of See also:Lombardy to his own dominions. Desiderius was carried to See also:France, where he died, and his son, Adalgis, spent his See also:life in futile attempts to recover his father's kingdom. The name of Desiderius appears in the romances of the Carolingian See also:period.
See S. See also:Abel, Untergang See also:des Langobardenreichs (See also:Gottingen, 1859) ; and 7ahrbilcher des frdnkischen Reiches unter Karl dem Grossen (See also:Leipzig, 1865) ; L. M. See also:Hartmann, Geschichte Italiens See also:im Mittelalter (See also:Gotha, 1903) ; and See also:Paulus Diaconus, Historia Langobardorum, edited by L. Bethmann and G. See also:Waitz (See also:Hanover, 1878).
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