Rodoald

{{Short description|King of the Lombards from 652 to 653}}

{{Infobox Monarch

| name = Rodoald

| title = King of the Lombards

| reign = 652 – 653

| predecessor = Rothari

| successor = Aripert I

| birth_date = {{circa}} 630

| death_date = 653

| father = Rothari

| religion = Arian

| dynasty = Harodingian

}}

Rodoald (or Rodwald), ({{circa}} 630 – 653) was a Lombard king of Italy, who succeeded his father Rothari on the throne in 652. He was said to be lecherous and he was assassinated after a reign of just six months in 653 by the husband of one of his lovers. Paul the Deacon writes that Rodoald "had reigned five years and seven days,

" (more probably five months and seven days), although historians note that this length of reign is suspect. Aripert, a rival claimant, was elected with the support of the Catholic Church, which opposed the Arian monarchy.{{cite web

| url = http://www.germantribes.org/tribes/Lombards/Lombard%20Rulers/kingsline.htm

| title = German Tribes org Lombard Kings

| work = GermanTribes.org

| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20100718043340/http://www.germantribes.org/tribes/Lombards/Lombard%20Rulers/kingsline.htm

| archivedate = 2010-07-18

| accessdate = 2010-07-18

}}