Desiderius (Lombardia) di Lombardia (bef. 737 - abt. 778)

Born before 0737 in Brescia

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Desiderius was not a dynastic Lombardian king.^[1] He deposed Ratchis around 758A.D,[6][7] but plotted for the throne just as soon as Aisulf died.[8] He and his family were exiled, after Charlemagne invaded Lombardy.[9][10]^[2]

Origins

Marriage

m. Ansa.[11] Issue:

• (only son) Adelchi (Adalgis)[12]

• Anselperga, Abess of San Salvatore[13]

• Adelperga (Adelberga) m. Arechis (Arichis) II of Benevento[14]

• Liutperga (Liutpirc; Liutberga) m. Tassilo III of Bavaria[15]

• Desiderata (Gerperga), repudiated wife of Charlemagne[16]

Religion

• A founder of San Salvatore monastery[17]

Sources

Anderson, J. (1732). Royal Genealogies, or the Genealogical Tables of Emperors, Kings and Princes. London: Bettenham, Part II.Google Books.

Chronicon Imaginis Mundi

"Charlemagne". New Advent. [18]

Hodgkin, T.(1895). "Dukes of Beneventum." Italy and Her Invaders: The Lombard kingdom, 600-744, (pp.62). Clarendon Press. Google Books.

Kleinhenz, C. (2004). "Frankish kingdom." Medieval Italy: An Encyclopedia, (pp.376). Routledge. Google Books.

Paul the Deacon, (2011). History of the Lombards. University of Pennsylvania Press. Google Books.

Porter, A.K. (1902). Lombard Architecture, (Vol.2, pp.213-217). Yale University Press. Google Books.

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1. ↑ Some family trees across the Internet call Desiderius "Didier of Nassau," but citations are unclear. Primary sources (written in Latin) regarding San Salvatore church clearly name him as Desiderius or Desiderio.[1] Also note that Desiderius is not from the House of Nassau, which dates from a later time period.[2]
2. ↑ Hodgkin (1895), claims that Desiderius deposed Luitprand, but the chronology is wrong.[3] Paul the Deacon (2011), gets it right ... stating that it was Ratchis, who took the throne for a second time, after his brother, Aisulf died.[4][5]