Vinitharius (Amali) of the Ostrogoths (abt. 365)

Ancestors

Descendants

Biography

This person is named among the "first of these heroes" of the Goths by Jordanes^[1] See Space: Ostrogoth Rulers

Name

• Vinitharius ^[2]
• Amali
• Of the Visigoths

Birth Year Estimation

Achiuf has a birth year of 273. Adding succeeding generations at 30 year intervals gives the following estimated birth years. These estimates are purely speculative and used only for placing persons in their approximate time frame.

• Vultwulf, estimated birth 305
• Valaravans, estimated birth 335
• Vinitharius, estimated birth 365

Parents

Citing Iordanes, Cawley states that Vinitharius was the father of Vandalarius, but does not specify Vinitharius' parents. "Iordanes names "Vandiliarum" as son of "Vinitharius" and father of "Thiudemer et Valamir et Vidimir". ^[2]

Father: Valaravans ^[3]

Children

Nothing is known of Vinitharius other than that he was the father of

1. Vandalarius ^[3][4]
   1. VALAMIR (-killed in battle [468/69]). Iordanes names "Thiudemer et Valamir et Vidimir" as the sons of Vandilarius[54]. He and his brothers followed Attila the Hun into Gaul in 451[55]. Valamir commanded the Ostrogoth contingent in Attila's army which was defeated at the battle of the Catalaunian fields[56]. He was considered king of all Ostrogoths in Pannonia. Iordanes records that "Valamer…ex consobrino eius genitus Vandalario" succeeded as king after "Thorismundo" was killed fighting the Gepids in the second year of his reign[57]. He shared the land with his two brothers, retaining for himself the eastern part of the territory covering lower Slavonia. In 456, he defeated an attack by the Huns, who are said to have retreated to the River Dnieper[58]. He defeated another Hun attack on Bassianae, near Belgrade, in 467/68, but was killed in battle during a similar attack the following year. ^[2]
   2. THEODEMIR [Thiudimir] (-Kyrrhos 474). Iordanes names "Thiudemer et Valamir et Vidimir" as the sons of Vandilarius[59]. King of the Ostrogoths in Pannonia, subordinate to his brother Valamir, he ruled over the western part of their domain which covered the county of Somogy and north-eastern Croatia. He succeeded his brother in [468/49] as King of all the Pannonian Ostrogoths. Iordanes names "Theodemir" when recording that he succeeded his brother "Valamero rege Gothorum" together with "Vidimero fratre et filio Theodorico"[60]. When the Ostrogoths left Pannonia in [473], Theodemir and his contingent went towards Constantinople. They settled in Macedonia, based in the city of Kyrrhos[61]. ^[2]
   3. VIDIMIR (-473). Iordanes names "Thiudemer et Valamir et Vidimir" as the sons of Vandilarius[62]. King of the Ostrogoths in Pannonia, subordinate to his brother Valamir, he ruled over the central part of their domain which covered upper Slavonia. Iordanes names "Theodemir" when recording that he succeeded his brother "Valamero rege Gothorum" together with "Vidimero fratre et filio Theodorico"[63]. When the Ostrogoths left Pannonia in [473], Vidimir went into Italy where he suffered several defeats. Son, VIDIMIR. Iordanes records that "Vidimero cum Vidimero filio" were sent to "partes Hesperias" by Theodemir[64]. After his father's death, Emperor Glycerius sent Vidimir and his contingent of Pannonian Ostrogoths to Gaul, where he settled in the Limousin[65]. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Jordanes. Getica Chapter XIV, Paragraph 79. Accessed Oct 8, 2018 jhd
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} Charles Cawley. Foundation for Medieval Genealogy. Medieval Lands Database. Hungary Accessed May 21, 2018 jhd
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Charles Cawley. Foundation for Medieval Genealogy. Medieval Lands Database. Hungary Accessed May 21, 2018 [[Day-1904}jhd]]
4. ↑ Charles Cawley. Foundation for Medieval Genealogy. Medieval Lands Database. B Vandalarius B Accessed May 21, 2018 jhd

See also:

• Charles Christopher Mierow. The Gothic History of Jordanes in English Version Jordanes' work is dated to the year 551.