Winigis

Winigis, also spelled Winiges or Winichis[a] (died 822), was the Duke of Spoleto (dux Spolitanus) from 789 to his death.

He was sent by Charlemagne in 788 with Frankish troops to assist Dukes Hildeprand of Spoleto and Grimoald III of Benevento against a Byzantine invasion.

In this, his first recorded action, he was successful, defeating the a Greek expeditinoary force led by Theodoros in Calabria in 788.

Winiges was appointed by Charlemagne to act as his missus dominicus in the Ducatus Romae and he was at Saint Peter's Basilica when Pope Leo III was assaulted on 25 April 799.

[1] While Leo III was nearing death in 815, the Roman citizens revolted, but King Bernard sent Winiges to Rome to quell the unrest.