Faroald II of Spoleto

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Faroald II (also spelled Faruald) was the duke of Spoleto from 703, when he succeeded his own father Thrasimund I.

Faroald attacked and took Classis, the port of Ravenna, but he was ordered to return it by King Liutprand. Faroald also founded and endowed the monastery of San Pietro in Valle at Ferentillo. In 724, Faroald's son Thrasimund rebelled against his father and put him in a monastery.

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  • Paul the Deacon. Historia Langobardorum. Translated by William Dudley Foulke. University of Pennsylvania: 1907.
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  • Hartmann, Ludo Moritz. Geschichte Italiens im Mittelalter. Gotha, 1903.
  • Hodgkin, Thomas. Italy and her Invaders. Clarendon Press: 1895.
  • Pabst, H. "Geschichte des langobardischen Herzogthums." Forschungen zur deutschen Geschichte Vol. II, p. 405. Gottingen, 1862.


Preceded by
Thrasimund I		 Duke of Spoleto
703 – 724		 Succeeded by
Thrasimund II