Grimoald (also Grimwald; †671) was Lombard Duke of Benevento from 647 to 662, and King of the Lombards from 662 to 671.
A list of some of the main events of the Lombard conquest of Byzantine Venetia and other parts of Italy.
The Kingdom of the Lombards played a major role in early Venetian history, as it was the Lombard invasion of Italy in 568 which started the formation of later Venice.
The “Historia Langobardorum” is the oldest chronicle relevant to the history of Venice. It probably dates to the 780s or 790s.