Kakko of Friuli

Kakko (also Cacco or Gacco) (died 617

duke of Friuli with his elder brother Tasso from their father's death (611^[2]) to their own. Their father was Gisulf II and their mother Romilda of Friuli. In or around 611, Gisulf was killed fending off an Avar

invasion.

Kakko and Tasso, along with their brothers

patricius Romanorum". The exarch, having invited Tasso to Oderzo for a ceremonial beard-cutting, had him and his brother hunted down and killed. Radoald and Grimoald fled to Arechis I of Benevento and Friuli passed to their uncle Grasulf II

.

Notes

^ De Rubeis (Appendix, p. 63) says this occurred in 616.
^ Perhaps as early as 602.

Sources

Paul the Deacon (1907). History of the Lombards. Translated by Foulke, William Dudley. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania.

Preceded by Gisulf II	Duke of Friuli c. 611 – c. 617 with Tasso (c. 611 – c. 617)	Succeeded by Grasulf II

[1] De Rubeis (Appendix, p. 63) says this occurred in 616.

[2] Perhaps as early as 602.

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