Ansfrid, Ansfrit, or Ausfrid was the

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in 694. He was originally the lord of the castle of

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. In 694, he attacked Friuli and forced Duke Rodoald to flee to King Cunipert. Ansfrid then rebelled against the king in an attempt to make himself sovereign. He invaded

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, but was there captured and brought before the king. He was blinded and exiled. Rodoald's brother Ado was invested in the Friulian dukedom.

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Paul the Deacon Paul the Deacon ( 720s 13 April in 796, 797, 798, or 799 AD), also known as ''Paulus Diaconus'', ''Warnefridus'', ''Barnefridus'', or ''Winfridus'', and sometimes suffixed ''Cassinensis'' (''i.e.'' "of Monte Cassino"), was a Benedictine monk, s ...

''Historia Langobardorum''
Translated by William Dudley Foulke. University of Pennsylvania: 1907. * Hodgkin, Thomas. ''Italy and her Invaders''. Clarendon Press: 1895. 7th-century births Dukes of Friuli 7th-century Lombard people 7th-century rulers in Europe Year of death unknown {{Italy-noble-stub