Alarico Visigoths (458 - 507)

Born 0458 in Toledo, Visigothic Empire of Spain

Ancestors

Died 0507 at about age 49 in Battle of Vouillé, Vendee, Pays de la Loire, France

Alaric II (458 - 507 Poitiers),[1] was the only son of Euric and Ragnahilde.[2] He succeeded his father as king of the Visigoths in Toulouse on December 28, 484, and established his capital at Aire-sur-l'Adour (Vicus Julii) in Aquitaine. His dominion included:

• Hispania (except the northwestern corner);
• Gallia Aquitania;
• and the greater part of an as-yet undivided Gallia Narbonensis.[3]

The Balti were considered next in worth among Gothic fighters, and next in royal dignity, to the Amali. But it was Alaric the Visigoth, a Balth, who led his people to the sacking of Rome in 410 CE and founded a dynasty that would come to rule much of Roman Gaul for a century and all of Roman Hispania for longer, establishing a kingdom in the latter that would last until early in the eighth century.

The Balti dynasty of Visigothic kings reigned from 395 to 531.[4]

Vitals

alias: Alarik, Alarich, and Alarico in Spanish and Portuguese or Alaricus in Latin

Alaric II had 2 children.

Parents

Father: Euric (son of Theoderic I, King of the Visigoths and UNKNOWN)[5]

Mother: Ragnahild

Marriage

m. (494) Theodegotha (Thiudigotho) the Ostrogoth[6] (Father: Theodoric I, King of the Ostrogoths).[7] Issue: 1

• Amalric (502 - 531 Barcelona)[8]

Mistress

unknown mistress.[9] Issue: 1

• Gesalic (d. 511/2 or 513/4 Burgundy), King of the Visigoths[10]

Sources

Cawley, C. (2006). Medieval Lands v.3. fmg.ac[11][12]

Wikipedia: Alaric II