Cleph
Cleph (also Clef, Clepho, or Kleph) was king of the Lombards from 572 to 574.
He succeeded Alboin, to whom he was not related by blood. He was a violent and terrifying figure to the Romans and Byzantines struggling to maintain control of the peninsula. He extended Lombard dominion over all of northern Italy, finishing the conquest of Tuscany and bringing Lombard authority to the gates of Ravenna. He was assassinated after an 18-month reign by a young guard, a slave whom he had mistreated. His death was followed by a 10-year interregnum, known as the Rule of the Dukes because the territorial dukes were supreme. His son, Authari, eventually took the throne in 585.[1]
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| Preceded by Alboin |
King of the Lombards 572–574 |
Succeeded by Rule of the Dukes |
Notes
- ↑ "German Tribes org Lombard Kings". GermanTribes.org. Archived from the original on 2010-07-18. Retrieved 2010-07-18.
Kings of Italy between 476 and 1556 | ||
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| Lombards |
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| Non-dynastic (title disputed 887–933) |
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| Kingdom of Italy in the Holy Roman Empire (962–1556) | ||
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