Langobardia Major was the name that, in the Early Middle Ages , was given to the domains of the Lombard Kingdom in Northern Italy . It comprised Lombardy proper with its capital Pavia , the Duchies of Friuli and Trent as well as the Tuscany region. In the south, it was bordered by the Patrimonium Sancti Petri , which would become the Papal States following the 754 Donation of Pepin , stretching from the Tyrrhenian to the Adriatic Sea . The Lombard territories further to the south were called Langobardia Minor , consisting of the Duchies of Spoleto and Benevento .
5-535: Langobardia Major was internally divided into eastern Austria , western Neustria and Tuscia . After the domains had been conquered by Charlemagne at the 774 Siege of Pavia , they became part of the Carolingian Empire . This Italian location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Italian history article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Austria (Lombard) Austria was, according to
10-647: A prominent role was played by: The duchies of Austria presented themselves as the defenders of the warrior and conqueror spirit of the Lombards . Here survived longer than in other places the old pagan cults and among the converts to Christianity, many were adherents of Arianism or adherents to the Schism of the Three Chapters . The Dukes of Austria pressed repeatedly on the king to take initiative, coming in several times to hatch conspiracies to overthrow
15-516: The Duchy of Friuli , in turn attempted to seize the throne of Cunipert (who defeated and killed him in 698); of Rotarit , Duke of Bergamo , who after the death of Cunipert objected unsuccessfully to Raginpert first and then Aripert II (700-702). In the 8th century, however, the widespread conversion of the Lombards to Catholicism smoothed the opposition between Austria and Neustria , thanks to
20-513: The early medieval geographical classification, the eastern portion of Langobardia Major , the north-central part of the Lombard Kingdom , extended from the Adda to Friuli and opposite to Neustria . The partition had not only been territorial, but also implied significant cultural and political differences. Austria included the duchies of the north-eastern Lombard Kingdom. Among them
25-477: The legitimate sovereign. This was the case in 662 of Grimoald ( duke of Benevento , but a son of a Duke of Friuli ), who managed to usurp the throne of Godepert and Perctarit despite the opposition of the Neustrians dukes of Asti and Turin ; of Alahis , Duke of Trent , who in 688-689 was able to seize the throne of Pavia before being defeated by Cunipert ; of Ansfrid of Friuli, who, having usurped
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