| Notes |
- Amalafrida or Amalfrède, was Queen of the Vandals and African Alans. She was the sister of Theodoric the Great, King of the Ostrogoths of Italy, and the wife of Thrasamund, King of the Vandals from 496 to 523.
PLEASE DO NOT DISTURB THIS LINE THERE ARE ADDITIONAL RECORDS ATTACHED TO READ ONLY FILES
From Wikipedia-
Amalafrida was the daughter of Theodemir, king of the Ostrogoths, and his wife Erelieva. She was the sister of Theodoric the Great, and mother of Theodahad, both of whom were kings of the Ostrogoths.
In 500, to further cement his authority over the Vandals, Theodoric arranged a marriage alliance with Thrasamund, king of the Vandals, who became Amalfrida's second husband. She brought a very large dowry, but also 5,000 Gothic troops.[1]
After her husband Thrasamund's death, his successor Hilderic issued orders for the return of all the Catholic bishops from exile, and Boniface, a strenuous asserter of orthodoxy, bishop of the African Church. In response, Amalfrida headed a party of revolt; she called in the assistance of the Moors, and battle was joined at Capsa, about three hundred miles to the south of the capital, on the edge of the Libyan desert.[2]
In 523, Amalafrida's party was beaten, and Hilderic had her arrested and imprisoned in a successful bid to overthrow Ostrogothic hegemony; he also had her Gothic troops killed. She died in prison, exact date unknown.[3]
Amalafrida had two children, the aforementioned Theodahad and Amalaberga, who married Hermanfrid, king of the Thuringii. It is not known who the father of these children was.
********************
Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
AMALAFRIDA (-murdered [523/25]). Iordanes names "Amalfridam germanam suam [Theoderici]" as the mother of "Theodehadi" and wife of "Africa regi Vandalorum…Thrasamundo"[237].
Emperor Zeno used her as ambassador to her half-brother in 487 to thwart his attack on Constantinople[238]. Her second marriage was arranged by her half-brother, Theodoric King of Italy, as part of his efforts to foster the support of the Vandals. Amalafrida's dowry was Lilybæum in western Sicily[239].
After the death of her husband, she unsuccessfully protested his successor's withdrawal of support from her brother, but she was outmanœuvred and killed[240].
m firstly [HUGO ---] (-before 500). The Widukindi Res Gestæ Saxonicæ names "Huga rex Francorum…unicam filiam Amalbergam" who married "Irminfredo regi Thuringorum"[241], but there is no indication to whom "Huga rex Francorum" could refer.
m secondly ([500]) THRASAMUND, King of the Vandals, son of [GENTO the Vandal or GELIMER the Vandal]
Summary
Relationships
Parents:
Father: Theodemir or Thiudimir, Co-King of the Ostrogoths (451-468), King of the Ostrogoths (468-474)
Mother: Unknown wife (not Ereleuva, Theodemir's concubine)
Half-Siblings (children of Ereleuva):
1. Theoderic I (b. c451), King of the Ostrogoths (474 - 30 August 526)
2. Theodimund (fl. 479)
3. Unknown daughter (d. c479)
Spouses and children:
First Husband: Hugo Rex Francorum (Peter Heather from the English Wikipedia page apparently does not identify this individual, but FMG does)
1. Theodahad, King of Italy (d. December 536, murdered by his own men mid-flight from battle near Rome toward Ravenna, m. Gudeliva and had two children)
2. Amalaberga, Queen of the Thuringians (510-534, m. Hermanafred, King of the Thuringians, died after 534 in Ravenna)
Second Husband: Thrasamund (b. before 460), King of the Vandals (496-523)
Basic information:
Birth: 455/460 according to Mittelalter Genealogie. The Ostrogoths under her father didn't leave Pannonia until 473, so this is likely her birth location.
Baptism: Unknown, but Arian Christian
Marriage:
1. Before 500 - Hugo Rex Francorum
2. 500 - Thrasamund, King of the Vandals
Death: 525 - imprisoned in Carthago
Burial: Unknown
Occupation:
Before 500, wife of Hugo Rex Francorum
500-523, Queen of the Vandals, or wife of King Thrasamund of the Vandal
523-525, prisoner in Carthago.
Alternate Names: Amalafrida, Amalfrida, Amalafréde
523 AD; After her husband Thrasamund's death, his successor Hilderic issued orders for the return of all the Catholic bishops from exile, and Boniface, a strenuous asserter of orthodoxy, bishop of the African Church. In response, Amalfrida headed a party of revolt; she called in the assistance of the Moors, and battle was joined at Capsa, about three hundred miles to the south of the capital, on the edge of the Libyan desert. party was beaten, and Hilderic had her arrested and imprisoned in a successful bid to overthrow Ostrogothic hegemony.
|
460 - 525 (65 years)
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
