Rodelinda (7th-century – d. 700) was a Lombard queen consort by marriage to king
Perctarit.
She was the mother of
Cunipert. She and her children spent ten years as hostages in
Benevento
Benevento (, , ; la, Beneventum) is a city and ''comune'' of Campania, Italy, capital of the province of Benevento, northeast of Naples. It is situated on a hill above sea level at the confluence of the Calore Irpino (or Beneventano) and the ...
after the deposition of her spouse in 662 until he took the throne a second time in 671. She appears to have been politically active during the second period of her spouse's reign: her son refers to her as ruler, she was the ruler in the capital in absence of her husband during the rebellion of the Duke of Trento, and effected the succession of her son the throne in 688.
[Alberto di Magnani. Le regine longobarde a Pavia. Alla radici della regalità femminile nell'Alto Medioevo // Studi sull'Oriente Cristiano. - 2012. - S. 79-91.]
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Lombardic queens consort
7th-century Italian women