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Theodoric built the Palace of Theodoric for himself in Ravenna, modeled on the Great Palace of Constantinople. [80] It was an expansion of an earlier Roman structure. [ 81 ] The palace church of Christ the Redeemer survives and is known today as the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo . [ 82 ]
Theodoric I [1] (Gothic: Þiudarīks; [2] Latin: Theodericus; c. 390 [3] or 393 – 20 or 24 June 451 [4]) was the king of the Visigoths from 418 to 451. Theodoric is famous for his part in stopping Attila the Hun at the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains in 451, where he was killed. [5]
Théoden is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy novel, The Lord of the Rings.The King of Rohan and Lord of the Mark or of the Riddermark, names used by the Rohirrim for their land, he appears as a supporting character in The Two Towers and The Return of the King.
Theodoric created an Ostrogothic navy and sent an emissary to the East, headed by Pope John I himself in 526. [17] Pope Felix IV (526–530) was the first successor of Symmachus to have trouble designating a successor. John I was succeeded by Pope Felix IV (526–530) with the recommendation of Theodoric and his election was confirmed by ...
Ereleuva (born before AD 440, died c. 500? [1]) was the mother of the Ostrogothic king Theodoric the Great.She is often referred to as the concubine of Theodoric's father, Theodemir, although that Gelasius refers to her as regina ("queen") suggests that she had a prominent social position despite the informality of her union with Theodemir.
According to Anonymus Valesianus, her mother was Theodoric's wife. Jordanes also mentions a sister Theudigotho. According to both, Ostrogotho was born while Theodoric was staying in Moesia (before 489). Ostrogotho was probably baptized in Constantinople with the name Ariadne or Ariagne, named after Ariadne, the wife of emperor Zeno.
Mataswintha is the subject of an opera by Xaver Scharwenka, composed in 1891 and 1892, and premiered in 1894. Georgine von Januschofsky sang the title role in 1897. [9] She was portrayed by Harriet Andersson in the 1968 film Kampf um Rom.
In 1065 Theodoric married Ermentrude of Burgundy (1055–1105), daughter of William I, Count of Burgundy, and Stephanie. [1] They had the following issue: Theodoric II (1081–1163), Count of Montbéliard; Louis, who became a crusader, returned in 1102 and was assassinated in 1103; Frederick I († 1160), Count of Ferrette and Altkirch