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Gambara is characterized as phitonissa in Latin which means 'priestess' or 'sorceress', and as sibylla, i.e. 'seeress'. [4] Pohl comments that Gambara lived in a world and era where prophecy was important, and not being a virgin like Veleda, she combined the roles of priestess, wise woman, mother and queen. [32]
After 568, the Lombard kings sometimes styled themselves Kings of Italy (rex totius Italiae), making their wives queens consort of Italy. After 774, they were not Lombards, but Franks. There was never a female Lombardic monarch due to the Salic law. After Queen Rosamund all the Lombard queens were also Queens of Italy.
The Origo Gentis Langobardorum (Latin for "Origin of the tribe of the Lombards") is a short, 7th-century AD Latin account offering a founding myth of the Longobard people. The first part describes the origin and naming of the Lombards, the following text more resembles a king-list, up until the rule of Perctarit (672–688).
Lombard possessions in Italy: the Lombard Kingdom (Neustria, Austria and Tuscia) and the Lombard Duchies of Spoleto and Benevento. The Lombards (/ ˈ l ɒ m b ər d z,-b ɑːr d z, ˈ l ʌ m-/) [1] or Longobards (Latin: Longobardi) were a Germanic people [2] who conquered most of the Italian Peninsula between 568 and 774.
The primary sources for the Lombard kings before the Frankish conquest are the anonymous 7th-century Origo Gentis Langobardorum and the 8th-century Historia Langobardorum of Paul the Deacon. The earliest kings (the pre-Lethings) listed in the Origo are almost certainly legendary. They purportedly reigned during the Migration Period. The first ...
The Völsunga saga names them Alf 2 and Eyjolf, Hervard 2 and Hagbard 2, [72] but Helgakviða Hundingsbana I and II call them Alf 2 and Eyjolf, Hjorvard 3 and Havard. [73] Helgakviða Hundingsbana II adds a brother named Heming, [ 74 ] and the Völsunga saga adds yet another brother called king Lyngvi who killed Sigmund in battle. [ 75 ]
as sole-Queen consort of the Franks and co-Queen consort the Lombards c. 788 husband became ruler of Bavaria: 10 October 794 Charlemagne, Emperor and King of the Franks: Luitgard of Sundgau [7] [8] Luitfrid II, Count of Sundgau c. 776 c. 794 as sole-Queen consort of the Franks and co-Queen consort of the Lombards: 4 June 800 Ermengarde of Hesbaye
This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. ... Lombard princesses (3 P) Q. Queens consort of the Lombards (10 P) Pages in category "Lombard ...