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| ID |
5597 |
| Text |
Origo Gentis Langobardorum (640 - 680) Anonymous - Other |
| Quotation |
Reliqui Langobardi levaverunt sibi regem nomine Cleph de Beleos, et regnavit Cleph annos duos, et mortuus est. Et iudicaverunt duces Langobardorum annos duodecim; |
| Translation |
The rest of the Langobards set over themselves a king named Cleph, of the stock of Beleos, and Cleph reigned two years and died. And the dukes of the Langobards administered justice for twelve years
(W.D. Foukes, trans., E. Peters, ed., Origo gentis langobardorum (1974), p. 320) |
| Summary |
Here the Origo recounts that Cleff became king of the Lombards for two years, before he died and the Lombards underwent an interregnum of twelve years when they had now king and instead each of the dukes ruled. |
| Quotation source |
MGH, Scriptores rer. Lang. et Ital., 1, 1878 (L. Bethmann & G. Waitz), p. 5 |
| Temporal Coverage |
572 - 580 |
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