Alboin

[al-boin, -boh-in]

noun

died a.d. 573?, king of the Langobards 561?–573?

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Alboin (ˈælbɔɪn, -bəʊɪn)

—n
	died 573 ad, king of the Lombards (565--73); conqueror of N Italy

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Alboin

king of the Germanic Lombards whose exceptional military and political skills enabled him to conquer northern Italy

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