Lupo II of Gascony
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Lupo II (Basque: Otsoa, French: Loup, Gascony: Lop, Latin: Lupus, Spanish: Lobo or Lope) is the first-attested duke of Gascony from 769. The ancestors of Lop II are not known. It is often claimed that Lop II was related to dukes Odo of Aquitaine and Hunald of Aquitaine, some people even saying that Lop II was the son of Duke Odo, but this is not true, as no medieval document telling us the family of Lop II has survived.
In 769, a final rising of the Aquitainians against Charlemagne and Carloman was put down and the rebel, Hunald (either the same Hunald as above or another), was forced to flee to the court of Lop in Gascony. Lop, however, did not desire to bring down upon himself the wrath of the Frankish kings and handed Hunald over to Charlemagne. Lop may have claimed Aquitaine after that. He died probably around 778 or 781.
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