Adelperga

Adelperga (born c. 740 – died after 787) was a Lombard noblewoman, Duchess of Benevento by marriage to Arechis II of Benevento. She acted as regent of Benevento for her son Grimoald in 787-788. She was the third of four daughters of Desiderius, King of the Lombards, and his wife Ansa. Her elder sister Desiderata was a wife of Charlemagne. Early life She was the third of four daughters of Desiderius, King of the Lombards, and his wife Ansa. Adelperga was tutored by Paul the Deacon. Duchess About 757, she married Arechis II, Duke of Benevento. She remained in contact with Paulus, who at her request wrote his continuation of Eutropius about 775. Paul dedicated to her his Versus de Annis, including an acrostic spelling Adelperga pia.