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For other uses, see Adelchis (disambiguation). Adalgis, from the
11th-century Codex legum Langobardorum  Adalgis or Adelchis
(died 788) was an associate king of the Lombards from August
759, reigning with his father, Desiderius, until their
deposition in June 774.[1] His mother was Ansa. He is remembered
today primarily as the hero of the play Adelchi (1822) by
Alessandro Manzoni.  When in 773 the Lombard kingdom was invaded
by Charlemagne, the king of the Franks, Desiderius stayed in
Pavia, the capital, where he unsuccessfully resisted a siege.
Adalgis instead took refuge in Verona, where he sheltered the
widow and children of Charlemagne's younger brother, Carloman I,
who had entered an Italian monastery after abdicating the
kingship.[1] Even before the fall of Pavia, when the Frankish
army approached Verona, Adalgis did not resist. He escaped to
Constantinople, where he was received by