Rosamund

E792653

Rosamund was a 6th-century Lombard queen best known for orchestrating the assassination of her husband, King Alboin, in revenge for his brutal treatment of her family.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Rosamund canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Lombard queen ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ
queen ⓘ
afterDeathConsequence failure of plot to control Lombard kingdom ⓘ
allegedAct poisoning of Helmichis ⓘ
approximateBirthDate mid-6th century ⓘ
associatedWith Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Ravenna Exarchate ⓘ
birthPlace Gepid kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Gepid Kingdom
capturedFrom Gepids ⓘ
causeOfHusbandDeath assassination ⓘ
coConspirator Helmichis ⓘ
Peredeo ⓘ
conflictContext Lombard–Gepid wars ⓘ
country Kingdom of the Lombards ⓘ
culture Gepid ⓘ
linked to: Gepids

Lombard ⓘ
dateOfDeath 572 ⓘ
deathCause forced to drink poison ⓘ
ethnicity Gepid ⓘ
linked to: Gepids
father Cunimund ⓘ
linked to: King Cunimund
gender female ⓘ
historicalSource Marius of Avenches ⓘ
Paul the Deacon’s "Historia Langobardorum" ⓘ
humiliation Alboin allegedly forced her to drink from a cup made from her father’s skull ⓘ
husbandAction Alboin killed her father Cunimund ⓘ
languageContext Early Medieval Latin sources ⓘ
legacy symbol of vengeance in early medieval history ⓘ
marriageContext political marriage after Lombard victory over Gepids ⓘ
motive resentment of Alboin’s treatment of her family ⓘ
revenge for her father Cunimund ⓘ
notableEvent plotting the murder of Alboin ⓘ
notableFor orchestrating the assassination of King Alboin ⓘ
revenge for the defeat and death of her father ⓘ
occupation queen consort ⓘ
partner Helmichis ⓘ
placeOfDeath Ravenna ⓘ
positionHeld Queen of the Lombards ⓘ
relative Cunimund ⓘ
linked to: King Cunimund
religion Arian Christianity ⓘ
linked to: Arianism
residence Pavia ⓘ
Ravenna ⓘ
spouse Alboin ⓘ
Helmichis ⓘ
timePeriod 6th century ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alboin → spouse → Rosamund ⓘ
Rose → hasVariant → Rosamund ⓘ
Rosamund Pike → givenName → Rosamund ⓘ
Rosamund Mortimer → givenName → Rosamund ⓘ