Hildeprand 1

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitM VIII
Dates744 (taq) / 744 (tpq)
Variant NamesHilprandus;
Ildebrandus
EthnicityLombard
LocationsAd Perticas (Basilica of, Ticinum);
Ticinum (N. Italy);
Ravenna
TitlesKing of the Lombards (office)
Textual SourcesJohn the Deacon, Cronaca veneziana, ed. G. Monticolo, Fonti per la storia d'Italia 9 (Rome, 1890), pp. 57-171 (chronicle);
Liber Pontificalis, ed. L. Duchesne, Le liber pontificalis. Texte, introduction et commentaire, 2 vols. (Paris, 1886-92); re-issued with 3rd vol. by C. Vogel, (Paris, 1955-57) (chronicle);
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)

Hilprandus: Lib. Pont., Ildebrandus: John the Deacon, Cron. Ven. A Lombard, Hildeprand 1 was a nephew of king Liutprand 1: Lib. Pont. 93. 17, Paul. Diac., Hist. Lang. VI 54, 55, John the Deacon, Cron. Ven., p. 95. He and Peredeo 1 once occupied Ravenna during his uncle's reign; they were attacked and defeated by the (imperial) troops of Venetia ("inruentibus subito Veneticis"); Hildeprand 1 was taken prisoner and Peredeo 1 killed: Paul. Diac., Hist. Lang. VI 54, John the Deacon, Cron. Ven., p. 95. He was his uncle's chosen successor; in 744 he succeeded his uncle as king of the Lombards but was quickly removed and replaced by Ratchis 1; he is described as malevolent: Lib. Pont. 93. 17 ("Hilprandum nepotem suum quem ipse reliquerat, regem malivolum"). He was proclaimed king by the Lombards in the Basilica of the Mother of God called Ad Perticas, outside the walls of Ticinum, when his uncle lay dying; an unfortunate omen at the ceremony was interpreted as boding ill for his reign, and Liutprand 1 was unhappy at it but too ill to do other than accept him as his fellow-ruler: Paul. Diac., Hist. Lang. VI 55.

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