Leutharis, Leuthari, Leuthard, or Leutharius II (fl. c. 643) was the Duke of Alamannia in the early seventh century. Leuthari murdered

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, the

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, in 643. By doing so he made Grimoald I the mayor of the palace for

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. It is not known exactly what the duchy of Leuthari consisted of, since there was an Alamannic duke named

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from the same time. Perhaps they co-ruled the same territory, or perhaps there were two Alamannic duchies. The duchy of Alsace under

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was also partly Alamannic.

Sources

* Bachrach, Bernard S. ''Merovingian Military Organization, 481–751''. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1971. *Geuenich, Dieter. ''Geschichte der Alemannen''. Stuttgart:

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, 2004. * Wallace-Hadrill, J. M., translator.
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