ELD4849706 Lombard king Alboin (about 526- 572) forces his wife, the gepid princess Rosemonde (died 572) to drink from a cup formed by his father\'s skull Cunimond at a banquet in Verona, Italy (Rosamund (or Rosamunde) and her husband Alboin, king of the Lombards who forced her to drink from a cup made from her Cunimond\'s skull) Illustration by Tancredi Scarpelli (1866-1937) from ??????Storia d\'Italia??????(History of Italy) by Paolo Giudici, 1930 Private collection by Scarpelli, Tancredi (1866-1937); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lombard king Alboin (about 526- 572) forces his wife, the gepid princess Rosemonde (died 572) to drink from a cup formed by his father\'s skull Cunimond at a banquet in Verona, Italy (Rosamund (or Rosamunde) and her husband Alboin, king of the Lombards who forced her to drink from a cup made from her Cunimond\'s skull) Illustration by Tancredi Scarpelli (1866-1937) from ??????Storia d\'Italia??????(History of Italy) by Paolo Giudici, 1930 Private collection); Photo by The Holbarn Archive.