of The Vandals, King Thrasamund

456 - 523  (67 years)

• Name	of The Vandals, Thrasamund  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Title	King
  Birth	456	Carthage, Tunis, Africa   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Appointments / Titles	Between 496 and 523  [2, 4]
  	He succeeded his brother Gundamund as King of the Vandals in Africa.
  Appointments / Titles	Between 496 and 523  [2, 4]
  	King of the Vandals and Alans
  Appointments / Titles	Between 496 and 523	Kingdom of the Vandals, Africa, Roman Empire   [2, 4]
  	King of the Vandals in Africa
  FSID	LHLV-7DZ  [2, 4]
  Death	13 Jun 523	Carthage, Tunis, Africa   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Burial	575	Carthage, Tunis, Africa   [2, 4]
  Person ID	I33963	The Thoma Family
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2023

  
  

  Family	of the Ostrogoths, Amalafrida,   b. 460, Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy d. 525, Carthage, Tunis, Africa (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	500  [1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Children	1. of Saxony, Princess Amegonde,   b. 480, Thüringen, Germany d. 540, Thüringen, Germany (Age 60 years)  [natural]
  Family ID	F13301	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 456 - Carthage, Tunis, Africa Appointments / Titles - King of the Vandals in Africa - Between 496 and 523 - Kingdom of the Vandals, Africa, Roman Empire Death - 13 Jun 523 - Carthage, Tunis, Africa Burial - 575 - Carthage, Tunis, Africa  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Thrasamund From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Thrasamund (450 -523 ), King of the Vandals and Alans (496 -523) was the fourth king of the north African Kingdom of the Vandals, and reigned longer than any other Vandal king in Africa other than his grandfather, Geiseric . Thrasamund was the third son born to Geiseric's fourth son, Gento, and became king in 496 only because all of Geiseric's sons and his own brother, King Gunthamund , all died in their forties. Upon Gunthamund's death, he was one of only two living grandsons of Geiseric, and inherited the throne in accordance with a law enacted by his grandfather bestowing the kingship on the eldest male member of his family. As king, he has usually been portrayed as an ineffectual ruler. Under his leadership, the Vandal kingdom appears to have continued a decline which began with Geiseric's death, and lost control of nearly all of modern Algeria to the Berbers . In the final year of his reign, the important port city of Leptis Magna was sacked by the Berbers, giving further evidence of the Vandals' weakness. On the other hand, he seems to have maintained a firm grip on the heartland of the Vandal kingdom, which consisted of modern Tunisia and eastern Algeria. He also ended many years of persecution of the Catholics which had begun under his uncle Huneric , a move which improved the Vandals' relations with the Byzantine Empire . Thrasamund died in 523 and was succeeded by his cousin Hilderic , the firstborn son of Huneric.

  
  

• Sources

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