Agiprand was briefly the

Duke of Spoleto The Duke of Spoleto was the ruler of Spoleto and most of central Italy outside the Papal States during the Early and High Middle Ages (c. 500 – 1300). The first dukes were appointed by the Lombard king, but they were independent in practice. Th ...

between 742 and 744. In late 741, Thrasimund II refused to return to

Pope Gregory III Pope Gregory III (; died 28 November 741) was the bishop of Rome from 11 February 731 to his death on 28 November 741. His pontificate, like that of his predecessor, was disturbed by Byzantine iconoclasm and the advance of the Lombards, in which ...

those cities he had promised him and Gregory's successor,

Zachary Zachary is a male given name, a variant of Zechariah – the name of several biblical characters. People *Pope Zachary (679–752), pope of the Catholic Church from 741 to 752 * Zachary of Vienne (died 106), bishop of Vienne (France), martyr a ...

, turned for support to

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. Zachary donated a

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army to support the

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and together they took

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and Liutprand installed his own nephew, Agiprand, as duke. Agiprand was already the duke of

Clusium Clusium (, ''Klýsion'', or , ''Kloúsion''; Umbrian language, Umbrian:''Camars'') was an ancient city in Italy, one of several found at the same site overlapping the current municipality of Chiusi (Tuscany). The Roman city remodeled an earlier E ...

when he was invested with Spoleto. Agiprand escorted Zachary back to Rome from Interamna and restored the cities he requested. Agiprand's reign did not survive the death of Liutprand, when he was removed from power by Thrasimund.

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Paul the Deacon Paul the Deacon ( 720s 13 April in 796, 797, 798, or 799 AD), also known as ''Paulus Diaconus'', ''Warnefridus'', ''Barnefridus'', or ''Winfridus'', and sometimes suffixed ''Cassinensis'' (''i.e.'' "of Monte Cassino"), was a Benedictine monk, sc ...

''Historia Langobardorum''
Translated by William Dudley Foulke. University of Pennsylvania: 1907. *Hartmann, Ludo Moritz. ''Geschichte Italiens im Mittelalter''. Gotha, 1903. * Hodgkin, Thomas. ''Italy and her Invaders''. Clarendon Press: 1895. *Pabst, H. "Geschichte des langobardischen Herzogthums." ''Forschungen zur deutschen Geschichte'' Vol. II, p. 405. Göttingen, 1862. 8th-century dukes of Spoleto Lombard warriors 8th-century births Year of birth uncertain 8th-century deaths Year of death unknown 8th-century nobility {{Italy-noble-stub