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Abt 458 - 507 (~ 49 years)
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Name |
Alaric (Alarich) II |
Suffix |
King of the Visigoths |
Born |
Abt 458 |
Gender |
Male |
Died |
507 |
Vouillé |
Notes |
- http://www.rpi.edu/~holmes/Hobbies/Genealogy/ps12/ps12_025.htm
King of the Visigoths, who succeeded his father Euric on Dec. 28, 484.
His dominions comprised Spain (except the kingdom of Galicia), Aquitaine, Languedoc, and western Provence. Alaric, like his father, was an Arian Christian, but he mitigated the persecution of Catholics and authorized the Catholic council at Agde in 506. To provide a law code for his Roman subjects, he appointed a commission to prepare an abstract of Roman laws and imperial decrees. This code, issued in 506, is generally known as the Lex Romana Visigothorum, or Breviary of Alaric.
Alaric tried to maintain his father's treaty with the Franks, but Clovis, the Frankish king, made the Visigoths' Arianism a pretext for war. In 507 the Visigoths were defeated in the battle of the Campus Vogladensis (Vouillé, or Vouglé, in Poitou). Alaric is said to have been overtaken in flight and killed by Clovis himself.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaric_II
«b»Alaric II«/b», also known as Alarik, Alarich, and «i»Alarico«/i» in «u»Spanish «/u» and «u»Portuguese «/u» or «i»Alaricus«/i» in «u»Latin «/u» (d. 507) succeeded his father «u»Euric «/u» in 485 and became eighth king of the «u»Visigoths «/u». He established his capital at «u»Aire-sur-l'Adour «/u» («i»Vicus Julii«/i»). His dominions included not only the whole of «u»Hispania «/u» except its north-western corner but also «u»Gallia Aquitania «/u» and the greater part of an as-yet undivided «u»Gallia Narbonensis «/u».
«b»Reign
«/b»In 486 Alaric II denied refuge to «u»Afranius Syagrius «/u», the former ruler of the «u»Domain of Soissons «/u» who was defeated by «u»Clovis I «/u». Alarmed by a summons from Clovis, Alaric imprisoned and repatriated Syagrius back to Clovis I, where he was beheaded.
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Person ID |
I60458 |
Glenn Cook Family |
Last Modified |
19 Jun 2013 |
Children |
| 1. Gesalich, b. Abt 485, d. 511, Gallien (Age ~ 26 years) |
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Last Modified |
19 Jun 2013 |
Family ID |
F551616924 |
Group Sheet |
Family 2 |
Theodegotho, b. Abt 473, d. Yes, date unknown |
Children |
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Last Modified |
11 Nov 2009 |
Family ID |
F551617546 |
Group Sheet |
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