Theodemir

For other uses, see Theodemir (disambiguation).

Theodemir was king of the Ostrogoths of the Amal Dynasty, and father of Theoderic the Great.[1] He had two "brothers" (actually brothers-in-law) named Valamir and Videmir.[2] Theodemir was Arian, while his wife Erelieva was Catholic and took the Roman Christian name Eusebia upon her baptism.[3] He took over the three Pannonian Goth reigns after the death of Widimir, ruled jointly with his brothers-in-law as a vassal of Attila the Hun. The reason is probably that this relatively long reign of the Ostrogoths in Pannonia, while his elder brother Thiudimir only for four years on the throne, followed by Theoderic, and firstly inherited, the heirless, Walamir's part of the kingdom. He was married to Erelieva, with whom he had two children: Theoderic (454–526) and Amalafrida. When Theodemir died in 475,[4] Theoderic succeeded him as king.

References

  1. John N. Deely (7 July 2001). Four ages of understanding: the first postmodern survey of philosophy from ancient times to the turn of the twenty-first century. University of Toronto Press. pp. 181–. ISBN 978-0-8020-4735-9. Retrieved 9 October 2010.
  2. Charles William Previté-Orton (24 July 1975). Cambridge Medieval History, Shorter: Volume 1, The Later Roman Empire to the Twelfth Century. CUP Archive. pp. 109–. ISBN 978-0-521-09976-9. Retrieved 9 October 2010.
  3. Noel Harold Kaylor; Philip Edward Phillips (3 May 2012), A Companion to Boethius in the Middle Ages, BRILL, pp. 10–, ISBN 978-90-04-18354-4, retrieved 19 January 2013
  4. Joseph Thomas (2010). The Universal Dictionary of Biography and Mythology, Vol. IV (in Four Volumes): Pro - Zyp. Cosimo, Inc. pp. 2114–. ISBN 978-1-61640-075-0. Retrieved 9 October 2010.
Preceded by
Valamir
King of the Ostrogoths
470–475
Succeeded by
Theoderic the Great


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