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Pilithrude (8th century – d. between 725 and 730) was a Duchess consort of
Asti Asti ( , , ; pms, Ast ) is a ''comune'' of 74,348 inhabitants (1-1-2021) located in the Piedmont region of northwestern Italy, about east of Turin in the plain of the Tanaro River. It is the capital of the province of Asti and it is deemed t ...
by marriage to
Theobald of Bavaria Theobald (also ''Theudebald'', ''Theodolt'', or ''Theodoalt'') (died 717/719) was the duke of Bavaria from at least 711, when his father Theodo associated him with his rule at Passau or Salzburg. He was the second son of Theodo and Folchaid. His ...
and
Grimoald of Bavaria Grimoald (or Grimwald) (died 725) was the duke of Bavaria from about 715 to his death. He was the youngest of the four sons of Theodo of Bavaria and his wife Folchaid and the uncle of Swanachild, the second wife of Charles Martel. At first, he ...
.Bosl E. Grimoald (Crimolt) // Bosl’s Bayerische Biographie. — Regensburg: Verlag Friedrich Pustet, 1983. — Bd. 1. — S. 275. — . She married her former brother-in-law in 719. The marriage was extremely controversial in the eyes of the Catholic Church and resulted in the church refusing to acknowledge Grimoald's rule.


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