Alahis (or Alagis) (

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680–689) was the

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duke of Trent and

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before becoming

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after his successful rebellion in 688. He ruled for about a year. His first rebellion against King

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failed in 680, but the king captured, pardoned, and released him. He rebelled again in 688 when Perctarit's son

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succeeded. He forced Cunipert to a castle on an island in the middle of

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, but his rule was burdensome and tyrannical, and so he lost the support of the people. Finally, in 689, Cunipert issued forth with the men of

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and defeated Alahis and the men of Venetia at the Battle of Coronate, on the Horn of the Adda, near Lodi. Alahis was defeated and slain in battle.

References

* Gwatkin, H. M., Whitney, J. P., edd. ''The Cambridge Medieval History: Volume II—The Rise of the Saracens and the Foundations of the Western Empire''.

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