Background
He was the son of Gundoald, Duke of Asti, who had crossed the Alps from Bavaria with his sister Theodelinda.
He was the son of Gundoald, Duke of Asti, who had crossed the Alps from Bavaria with his sister Theodelinda.
As a relative of the Bavarian ducal house, his was called the Bavarian Dynasty. He was the first Chalcedonian Christian king of the Lombards, elected after the assassination of the Arian Rodoald. Not a warrior, he is mostly renowned for his church foundings.