About Kakko of Friuli
Kakko of Friuli was an aristocrat.
Kakko (also Cacco or Gacco) (died 617 ) was the joint duke of Friuli with his elder brother Tasso from their father's death to their own. Their father was Gisulf II and their mother Romilda of Friuli. In or around 611, Gisulf was killed fending off an Avar invasion.
Kakko and Tasso, along with their brothers Radoald and Grimoald, escaped the Avars and evaded capture, successfully setting themselves up as Gisulf's successors. During their reign, they ruled over the Slavs of the valley of the Gail up to Matrei and imposed a tribute upon them. According to Paul the Deacon (Historia Langobardorum IV.38), Tasso and Kakko were treacherously killed by "Gregorius patricius Romanorum". The exarch, having invited Tasso to Oderzo for a ceremonial beard-cutting, had him and his brother hunted down and killed. Radoald and Grimoald fled to Arechis I of Benevento, and Friuli passed to their uncle Grasulf II.
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Who was Kakko of Friuli?
Lombardi duke
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Kakko of Friuli died in 617.
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Kakko of Friuli was an aristocrat.
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