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Duke Arechis, from a 10th- or early 11th-century manuscript of Lombard law

Arechis II (also Aretchis, Arichis, Arechi or Aregis) (born c. 734[1] – died 26 August 787) was a Duke of Benevento, in Southern Italy. He sought to expand the Beneventos' influence into areas of Italy that were still under Byzantine control, but he also had to defend against Charlemagne, who had conquered northern Italy.

  1. ^ According to the Chronicon Salernitanum, Arechis vixit autem quinquaginta tres (53) annos; obiit septimo Kal. Septembris, anno ab incarnacione Domini 787, indictione 9.

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Arechis II of Benevento

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Arechis II (also Aretchis, Arichis, Arechi or Aregis) (born c. 734 – died 26 August 787) was a Duke of Benevento, in Southern Italy. He sought to expand...

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Benevento

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November 774, the Duke of Benevento Duke Arechis II, immediately after being crowned prince, decided to send members of the Benevento Cortisani and Baccari...

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Duchy of Benevento

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Spoleto and Benevento, but with Charlemagne's conquest of the Lombard kingdom in 774, Arechis II tried to claim the royal dignity and make Benevento a secundum...

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Arechi

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Province, Iran Arechis I of Benevento (died 641), duke of Benevento Arechis II of Benevento (died 787), duke of Benevento Stadio Arechi, a multi-purpose...

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List of dukes and princes of Benevento

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a list of the dukes and princes of Benevento. 571–591 Zotto 591–641 Arechis I 641–642 Aiulf I 642–647 Radoald 647–662 Grimoald I (then King of the Lombards...

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Adelperga

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Duchess of Benevento by marriage to Arechis II of Benevento. She acted as regent of Benevento for her son Grimoald in 787-788. She was the third of four...

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Hildeprand of Spoleto

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conspiracy of Hrodgaud of Friuli and Arechis II of Benevento, but there is no evidence of Hildeprand's involvement. Hildeprand remained a staunch opponent of the...

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Italy in the Middle Ages

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the loss of a centralising Lombard authority in the north. Under Arechis II of Benevento and his successors, it was the Beneventan policy to pay homage...

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Grimoald III of Benevento

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 760 – 806) was the Lombard Prince of Benevento from 788 until his own death. He was the second son of Arechis II and Adelperga. In 787, he and his elder...

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Otranto

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In the 8th century, it was for some time in the possession of duke Arechis II of Benevento. On 17 August 928, the city was sacked by a Fatimid fleet under...

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Lombards

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territory to the south of the Papal States was never subjugated by Charlemagne or his descendants. In 774, Duke Arechis II of Benevento, whose duchy had only...

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Hrodgaud of Friuli

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Patriarch of Grado. Hadrian believed that a conspiracy of Lombards and Byzantines, led by Arechis II of Benevento, Hildeprand of Spoleto, and Raginald of Clusium...

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Arechi Castle

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Lombards in the year 774, the Duchy of Benevento was ruled by Arechi II. He moved the main centre of power from Benevento to Salerno in order to strengthen...

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Salerno

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part of the Duchy of Benevento. Under the Lombard dukes Salerno enjoyed the most splendid period of its history. In 774 Arechis II of Benevento transferred...

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Desiderius

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Anselperga (or Anselberga), abbess of San Salvatore monastery of Brescia Adelperga (or Adelberga), married Arechis II of Benevento Liutperga (also Liutpirc or...

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Adalgis

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hoped to return to re-conquer Italy, and solicited help from Duke Arechis II of Benevento for this purpose. Many Lombards refused to submit to Frankish rule...

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758

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Liutprand of Benevento attains majority, and rebels against Lombard rule. King Desiderius defeats him, and grants his duchy to Arechis II (son of Liutprand)...

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Liutprand of Benevento

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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...

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AD 787

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Arechis II, autonomous prince (or duke) of Benevento, dies. Grimoald III, taken hostage by the Franks, succeeds his father as ruler of Benevento. Maurizio...

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Santa Maria Capua Vetere

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Lombard Prince Arechis II of Benevento in 787. Another renovation was carried out in 1666 by Cardinal Robert Bellarmine, with the addition of two further...

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Benevento Cathedral

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although in the 8th century under duke Arechis II, it was enlarged into the structure which now forms the crypt of the current cathedral. But as Francesco...

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641

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Emperor Jomei of Japan (b. 593) Aega, Mayor of the Palace (Neustria and Burgundy) Arechis I, duke of Benevento (Italy) Bridei II, king of the Picts Emperor...

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Canosa di Puglia

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manufacturing. The Cathedral of San Sabino was founded in the 8th century by the Lombards Duke Arechis II of Benevento, after the abandonment of early Christian sites...

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760

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Church of Santa Sophia is founded by the Lombard duke Arechis II in Benevento (approximate date). The Kailasa Temple is built on the orders of King Krishna...

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