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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garibald_I_of_BavariaGaribald I was
Duke of Bavaria from 555 until 591.
[1] He stands at the head of the
Bavarian Dynasty.
After the death of the
Merovingian king
Theudebald, Theudebald's successor
Clotaire I married his widow
Waldrada , daughter of the
Lombard king
Wacho. Clotaire's bishops objected, so he gave Waldrada to Garibald to marry in 556. Not only did this grant Garibald prestige, but it created lasting political ties between the
Bavarii and the Lombards of
Pannonia and
Bohemia. This would have consequences after the Lombards moved into
Italy in 568.
Some time before 585, the Merovigian court attempted to bind Garibald more closely to their interests by arranging a marriage between Garibald's daughter
Theodelinda and king
Childebert II. At the same time the Merovigians were attempting to normalise relations with
Authari, the Lombard king, by arranging a marriage between Childebert's sister and Authari. Both these proposals fell through. The offended Authari was engaged to Theodelinda in 588. Fearing an anti-Frankish axis, the Franks sent an army into Bavaria. Garibald's children
Gundoald and Theodelinda fled to Italy. Authari married Theodelinda in May 589 and named his brother-in-law, Gundoald, Duke of
Asti. In 590, the Franks invaded
Lombardy with help from
Byzantium, but were defeated.
In 591, Childebert normalised relations with the Lombards and Bavarii. After Authari died in 590, the Lombard dukes asked Theodelinda to marry again. She chose
Agilulf as her husband, and he was accepted as the next king. They then negotiated a peace with Childebert which lasted for decades. A according to
Paulus Diaconus, peace with Bavaria was restored when Childebert named
Tassilo rex . It is unknown whether Garibald was deposed or died. Nor is it clear what Tassilo's relationship to Garibald was; though if not his son, he was certainly a close relation.