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Theuderic I [a] (c. 487 – 534) was the Merovingian king of Metz, Rheims, or Austrasia—as it is variously called—from 511 to 534. [1]He was the son of Clovis I and one of his earlier wives or concubines (possibly a Franco-Rhenish Princess, Evochildis of Cologne). [2]
Dietrich (Theodoric), sometimes called Dietrich of Ringelheim in later literature, was a medieval Saxon count in the German region of Westphalia.According to contemporary chronicles, his Immedinger family stemmed from the House of the Saxon duke Widukind.
Theodoric's two other sons, Retimer and Himnerith, [22] did not serve as Visigothic kings; after Euric's death, power passed to his son, Alaric II. According to Sidonius Apollinaris (who spent time at Theodoric II's court), Theodoric II was a grandson of Alaric I , the first King of the Visigoths.
Theodoric entered Ravenna on 5 March 493, [33] and a banquet celebrating the treaty was organized on 15 March. [31] At this feast, Theodoric, after making a toast, drew his sword and struck Odoacer, splitting him in two from collarbone to thigh. [34] Theodoric had the king's most loyal followers slaughtered as well, making him the master of ...
Theuderic III (also spelled Theuderich, Theoderic or Theodoric; French: Thierry, c. 651 [1] –691) was King of the Franks in the 7th century. He ruled Neustria and Burgundy on two occasions (in 673 and again from 675 to 691), as well as Austrasia from 679 until his death in 691.
Dirk III (also called Dirik or Theodoric) was the count with jurisdiction over what would become the county of Holland, often referred to in this period as "West Frisia", from 993 to 27 May 1039. Until 1005, this was under regency of his mother.
Gildo's original death certificate, issued after a 1995 law allowed families to request the document for the missing, left his cause of death blank. His remains, thought to be in a mass grave with ...
In 522, the young Amalaric was proclaimed king, and four years later, on Theodoric's death, he assumed full royal power, although relinquishing Provence to his cousin Athalaric. [3] His kingdom was faced with a Frankish threat from the north; according to Peter Heather, this was his motivation for marrying Chrotilda, the daughter of Clovis. [5]