Alboin was the Lombard Duke of Spoleto from 757 to 758. He was chosen to be duke by the Spoletan nobility without the assent of the king. While Pope Stephen II was working to give the kingdom into the hands of

Desiderius Desiderius, also known as Daufer or Dauferius (born – died ), was king of the Lombards in northern Italy, ruling from 756 to 774. The Frankish king of renown, Charlemagne, married Desiderius's daughter and subsequently conquered his realm. Des ...

, he also worked to give the homage of the Duchies of Benevento and

Spoleto Spoleto (, also , , ; la, Spoletum) is an ancient city in the Italian province of Perugia in east-central Umbria on a foothill of the Apennines. It is S. of Trevi, N. of Terni, SE of Perugia; SE of Florence; and N of Rome. History Spolet ...

to King Pepin the Short of the

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. Alboin and

Liutprand of Benevento Liutprand (died after 759) was the duke of Benevento from the death of his father Gisulf II in 749 until his own deposition. He reigned under the regency of his mother, Scauniperga, who supported King Aistulf, until 756. After he attained his ...

commended their duchies to the Frankish king, who did not ask for it. Desiderius marched on and destroyed

and Benevento and Alboin was captured; Liutprand fled. Desiderius himself took up the exercise of ducal power in Spoleto.

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*Hallenbeck, Jan T. "Pavia and Rome: The Lombard Monarchy and the Papacy in the Eighth Century." ''Transactions of the American Philosophical Society'', New Ser., Vol. 72, No. 4. (1982), pp. 1–186. {{DEFAULTSORT:Alboin of Spoleto 8th-century deaths 8th-century dukes of Spoleto Lombard warriors Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown