Individual Details

Theodemir AMAL King Ostrogoths

(Abt 413 - 474)

Theodemir was Arian, while his wife Erelieva was Catholic. 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.
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 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".  When the Ostrogoths left Pannonia in 473, Theodemir and his contingent went towards Constantinople.  They settled in Macedonia, based in the city of Kyrrhos.

Events

BirthAbt 413Scythia, Ukraine
Death474Kyrros, West Macedonia, (Present Pella Prefecture, Greece)

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