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The title of King of the Goths (Swedish: Götes konung; Danish: Goternes konge; Latin: gothorum rex) was for many centuries borne by both the kings of Sweden and the kings of Denmark. In the Swedish case, the reference is to Götaland (land of the Geats); in the Danish case, to the island of Gotland (land of the Gutes).
Legendary Gothic kings (4 P) O. Ostrogothic kings (1 C, 11 P) V. Visigothic kings (4 C, 2 P) Pages in category "Gothic kings"
The new laws applied to both Gothic and Hispano-Roman populations who had been under different laws in the past, and it replaced all older codes of law. [23] The code included old laws by past kings, such as Alaric II in his Breviarium Alarici, and Leovigild, but many were also new laws. The code was based almost wholly on Roman law, with some ...
Meanwhile, Gothic raids on the Roman Empire continued, [126] In 250–51, the Gothic king Cniva captured the city of Philippopolis and inflicted a devastating defeat upon the Romans at the Battle of Abrittus, in which the Roman Emperor Decius was killed. [127] [104] This was one of the most disastrous defeats in the history of the Roman army. [104]
The Historia de regibus Gothorum, Vandalorum et Suevorum ("History of the Kings of the Goths, Vandals and Suevi") is a Latin history of the Goths from 265 to 624, written by Isidore of Seville. It is a condensed account and, due to its diverse sources, somewhat inconsistent.
Magnus the Strong, king of West Götaland (reigned 1125–1130) Kol, king of East Götaland (see Inge the Younger) (early 12th century) Karl Sverkersson, rex Gothorum before becoming king of all of Sweden. From the reign of King Magnus Ladulås until the accession of Charles XVI Gustav, Sweden's monarchs were officially titled "King of the Goths".
This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards.The specific problem is: The article uncritically repeats a lot of claims that have been much disputed or even refuted in postwar scholarship (refer to Heather 1991, Kulikowski 2006 for starters), such as the equivalence of the Greuthungi and the Ostrogoths and the claim that Ermanaric was an Amal -- note that Jordanes is a ...
Roderic (also spelled Ruderic, Roderik, Roderich, or Roderick; [3] Spanish and Portuguese: Rodrigo, Arabic: لذريق, romanized: Ludharīq; died 711) was the Visigothic king in Hispania between 710 and 711. He is well known as "the last king of the Goths". He is actually an extremely obscure figure about whom little can be said with certainty.