Teudelinda (8th-century)
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Teudelinda (7th-century – fl. 702) was a Duchess consort of Asti by marriage to King
Ansprand Ansprand ( 657 – 712) was king of the Lombards briefly in 712. Before that, he was the duke of Asti and regent during the minority of Liutpert (700–701). He was defeated at Novara by Raginpert and exiled during the subsequent war over the ...
.Holzinger R. Theodo // Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon. — Bautz : Herzberg, 1996. — Bd. XI. — Kol. 858—859. — . She, along with her son and daughter, was captured by
Aripert II Aripert II (also spelled ''Aribert'') was the king of the Lombards from 701 to 712. Duke of Turin and son of King Raginpert, and thus a scion of the Bavarian Dynasty, he was associated with the throne as early as 700. He was removed by Liutpert ...
after the defeat of her spouse. As a punishment for her ambition to become queen, she had her nose and ears mutilated. It is not known if she was still alive when her spouse became king in 712, so it remains unclear whether she ever became queen.


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