Godescalc 1 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | E/M VIII |
| Variant Names | Godescalcus;
Gotscalcus |
| Ethnicity | Lombard |
| Locations | Beneventum (Campania) (officeplace);
Beneventum (Campania) (residence);
Beneventum (Campania);
Graecia |
| Titles | Dux, Beneventum (Campania) (office) |
| Textual Sources | Paulus Diaconus, Historia Gentis Langobardorum, ed. L. Bethmann and G. Waitz, MGH, Scr. Rer. Lang., pp. 12-187; also in MGH, Scr. Rer. Ger. 48, pp. 49-242 (history) |
Godescalc 1 was a Lombard dux of Beneventum, in succession to Gregorius (Gregorios 80); he held the post for three years; he was married to Anna 7: Paul. Diac., Hist. Lang. VI 56 ("post cuius obitum Godescalcus dux effectus annis tribus Beneventanis praefuit; cui in coniugio uxor sociata nomine Anna fuit"). Liutprand 1 overthrew the dux of Spoletium, Trasimund 3, and then marched on Beneventum; at news of his approach Godescalc 1 planned to flee by ship to Byzantium ("in Greciam"); he had put his wife and goods on board but was attacked by supporters of Gisulf 2 from Beneventum and killed before he could board himself; his wife and goods reached Constantinople in safety: Paul. Diac., Hist. Lang. VI 57.
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