About Gundoald, Duke of Asti
Lived 565 – 615 (aged 49–50). Gundoald, Duke of Asti was a politician.
Gundoald or Gundwald ( 565–616) was a Bavarian nobleman of the Agilolfing family, a son of Duke Garibald I and Waldrada, and Duke of Asti from around 589.
In 588 his elder sister Theodelinda was engaged to the king of the Lombards, Authari. The potential marriage alliance with the Lombards sparked an invasion by the Bavarians' overlords, the Franks, in 589. Theudelinda and Gundoald both fled to Italy. There Theudelinda married Authari in May, and Gundoald was invested with the duchy of Asti and the granddaughter of King Wacho in marriage. With her he had two children, Gundpert and Aripert.
Gundoald was killed by an arrow in 616.
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Bavarian noble and Duke of Asti
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Gundoald, Duke of Asti was born in 565 in First duchy of Bavaria.
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Gundoald, Duke of Asti died in 615 in Asti.
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Gundoald, Duke of Asti was a politician.
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