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Ansfrid of Friuli

7th-century Italian nobility

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 17, 2026
Entity authorityQ569691 ↗
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Ansfrid, Ansfrit, or Ausfrid was the Duke of Friuli in 694. He was originally the lord of the castle of Ragogna.

In 694, he attacked Friuli and forced Duke Rodoald to flee to King Cunipert. Ansfrid then rebelled against the king in an attempt to make himself sovereign. He invaded Verona, but was there captured and brought before the king. He was blinded and exiled. Rodoald's brother Ado was invested in the Friulian dukedom.

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Paul the Deacon. Historia Langobardorum. Translated by William Dudley Foulke.

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Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current 85-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 0700-01-01. For this dossier, Ansfrid, Friuli and 7th-century is the immediate research focus.
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