Aistulf (also Ahistulf, Aistulfus, Haistulfus, Astolf etc.; Italian: Astolfo; died December 756) was the Duke of Friuli from 744, King of the Lombards...

extending the temporal rule of the popes beyond the duchy of Rome. In 751, Aistulf, king of the Lombards, conquered what remained of the exarchate of Ravenna...

standards promulgated by Aistulf mention the merchants several times, a sign of how that class had now become relevant. Initially, Aistulf achieved some notable...

career, and in 750 built a monastery at Fanano, a place given to him by Aistulf, King of the Lombards, who had married Anselm's sister Gisaltruda. Two...

territories of Rome, Sicily, Sardinia and others. 751–756, just when it seemed Aistulf was able to defeat all opposition on Italian soil, Pepin the Short, the...

Liutprand, King (712–744) Hildeprand, King (744) Ratchis, King (744–749) Aistulf, King (749–756) Desiderius, King (756–774) Kingdom of Italy, King (complete...

with the Lombard conquest of Ravenna at the hands of the Lombard king Aistulf. In 395 Theodosius I bequeathed the throne of the Roman Empire to his two...

the dux of Tuscia and he became king after the death of Aistulf in 756. At that time, Aistulf's predecessor, Ratchis, left his monastic retreat of Montecassino...

Lombards. In 751 Aistulf conquered Ravenna, and thereby decided the long delayed fate of the exarchate and the Pentapolis. And when Aistulf, who held Spoleto...

Ansprand (712) Liutprand (712–744) Hildeprand (744) Ratchis (744–749) Aistulf (749–756) Desiderius (756–774) Charlemagne conquered the Lombards in 774...