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Rodoald

626 - 653

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Rodoald (or Rodwald), (c. 630 – 653) was a Lombard king of Italy, who succeeded his father Rothari on the throne in 652. He was said to be lecherous and he was assassinated after a reign of just six months in 653 by the husband of one of his lovers. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rodoald has received more than 40,021 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Rodoald is the 7,117th most popular politician (up from 7,301st in 2019), the 1,897th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,922nd in 2019) and the 477th most popular Italian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Rodoald ranks 7,117 out of 19,576Before him are Giuseppe Pella, Christoph I, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Qaitbay, Khertek Anchimaa-Toka, Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, and Eurico Gaspar Dutra. After him are Jiro Taniguchi, Georg Ebers, Grigori Sokolnikov, Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark, Archidamus III, and Armand de Bourbon, Prince of Conti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 626, Rodoald ranks 6Before him are Husayn ibn Ali, Zaynab bint Ali, Gertrude of Nivelles, Emperor Tenji, and Munmu of Silla. After him are Balthild of Chelles, and Eanflæd. Among people deceased in 653, Rodoald ranks 5Before him are Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib, Chindasuinth, Miqdad ibn Aswad, and Abu Darda. After him are Honorius of Canterbury, Sigeberht the Little, Theodelap of Spoleto, and Paul II of Constantinople.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Rodoald ranks 1,897 out of 5,161Before him are Lucius Aemilius Paullus (-300), Elio de Angelis (1958), Junio Valerio Borghese (1906), Giuseppe Pella (1902), Luigi Fagioli (1898), and Niccolò de' Conti (1395). After him are Marcus Tullius Tiro (-103), Baldus de Ubaldis (1327), Leonardo De Lorenzo (1875), Iva Zanicchi (1940), Agostino Steffani (1654), and Marcus Aemilius Scaurus (-163).

Among POLITICIANS In Italy

Among politicians born in Italy, Rodoald ranks 477Before him are Francesco Farnese, Duke of Parma (1678), Francesco Saverio Nitti (1868), Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica (-230), Lucius Aemilius Paullus (-300), Junio Valerio Borghese (1906), and Giuseppe Pella (1902). After him are Marcus Aemilius Scaurus (-163), Virginia de' Medici (1568), Archduke Alexander Leopold of Austria (1772), Arnaldo Forlani (1925), Nepotianus (400), and Raginpert (662).