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 Abt 465 - 533 (68 years)
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| 4. | Genseric "The Lame", King of the Vandals of Spain and Africa was born about 389 in Lake Balaton, Hungary (son of Godigisel, King of the Hasdingi Vandals and Flora); died on 25 Jan 477 in Carthage. Notes:
Vandals were a Germanic people settled in the 4th century AD in eastern Europe (where Silesia still bears the name of one section of the Vandals, the Silings). In the early 5th century, they invaded Roman Gaul and Spain with other tribes (probably leaving another trace of their presence in the name of Andalusia), and then crossed over to Africa under the leadership of one of the ablest rulers of the age, Gaiseric (d 477). They captured Carthage and established a kingdom based in what is now Tunisia but extended by naval power to include for a while Sicily, Sardinia and other islands - they sacked Rome itself in 455. However, the later Vandal kings proved unable to maintain their power, and their dominions were reconquered by a Byzantine expedition in 534. [Ref: Tapsell p295]
Genseric married Licinia Eudoxia, Princess of the Eastern Roman Empire about 444 in Spain. Licinia (daughter of Theodosius II "The Great", Eastern Roman Emperor and Aelia Eudocia Augusta) was born in Apr 422 in Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey; died in Apr 462 in Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 6. | Valentinian, Western Roman Emperor III was born on 2 Jul 419 in Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy (son of Emperor of the West III Constantius and Aelia Galla Placida); died on 16 Mar 455 in Rome, Roma, Lazio, Italy. Valentinian married Licinia Eudoxia, Princess of the Eastern Roman Empire about 437 in Constantinople, Turkey. Licinia (daughter of Theodosius II "The Great", Eastern Roman Emperor and Aelia Eudocia Augusta) was born in Apr 422 in Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey; died in Apr 462 in Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 9. | Flora was born about 360 in Hungary; died about 450 in Germany.
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| 10. | Theodosius II "The Great", Eastern Roman Emperor was born on 10 Apr 401 in Coca, Segovia, Castilla-Leon, Spain (son of Flavius Arcadius I Augustus, Eastern Roman Emperor and Aelia Eudoxia); died on 28 Jul 450 in Mediolanum, Milano, Lombardia, Italy. Theodosius married Aelia Eudocia Augusta in Jun 421. Aelia (daughter of Leontius) was born about 401 in Athens, Attiki, Attiki, Greece; died on 20 Oct 460 in Yerushalayim, Israel; was buried in Yerushalayim, Israel. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 11. | Aelia Eudocia Augusta was born about 401 in Athens, Attiki, Attiki, Greece (daughter of Leontius); died on 20 Oct 460 in Yerushalayim, Israel; was buried in Yerushalayim, Israel.
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| 12. | Emperor of the West III Constantius was born about 325 in Rome, Roma, Lazio, Italy (son of Flavius Julius Constantius, Emperor Of Rome II and Eusebia); died in 412 in Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. III married Aelia Galla Placida. Aelia (daughter of Flavius Theodosius, Emperor of Rome I and Flavia Galla Justina Valentinia) was born in 388 in Rome, Roma, Lazio, Italy; died on 27 Nov 450 in Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy; was buried in Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 13. | Aelia Galla Placida was born in 388 in Rome, Roma, Lazio, Italy (daughter of Flavius Theodosius, Emperor of Rome I and Flavia Galla Justina Valentinia); died on 27 Nov 450 in Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy; was buried in Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. Notes:
Placidia was in Rome at the time of its sack by Alaric and the Visigoths. She was carried off as part of the plunder but later married Alaricus brother Athaulf in 414 after Alaric had died and Athaulf had become King of the Visigothic nation.
The Roman princess and the barbarian king soon had a family. Galla Placidia gave birth to baby boy whom she named Theodosius after her father. The infant died after a few weeks and was buried in Barcelona, Spain where Athaulf had settled his people after much wandering about Europe.
After Athaulf was murdered in 416, Galla Placidia was treated shamefully by Singeric, the new Visigothic king. Instead of treating the widow of his predecessor with tenderness and compassion, Singeric forced her to walk twelve miles on foot ahead of his horse in the company of common prisoners.
Placidia did not have long to wait for justice, though. Singeric was not well liked by the Visigothic warrior elite and was mordered after a reign of only seven days by Wallia, a Visigothic warrior who won popularity by announcing his intention of making war on the Roman Empire. Wallia ended up selling Placidia back to her brother Honorius for 600,000 measures of grain.
Placidia returned home in 416 to marry Constantius, a general of Honoriusua short time later. Constantius was made co-augustus in the West in A. D. 421 and became the Roman emperor Constantius III. He died of pleurisy after a reign of only seven months. From this marriage, Galla Placidia had two children, Valentinian, who later became Emperor Valentinian III and Justa Grata Honoria, who is only remembered in history from a few coins bearing her portrait and a strange tale of forbidden love and treachery.
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