Gundobad, King of the Burgundians

Gundobad married Caretena about 464 in Burgundy, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France. Caretena was born about 425 in Bourgogne, France; died on 6 Sep 506 in Bourgogne, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Sigusmund, King of the Burgundians was born about 465 in Germany; died on 1 May 524 in Orleans, France.

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• Name: Gundioc King of the Burgundians
• Birth: 394, Bourgogne, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France

Gunderic married Caratene Agrippina about 444 in Bourgogne, Burgundy, France. Caratene (daughter of Ricimer, Chieftain of The Suevi and Alypia, Princess of West Rome) was born in 452 in Bourgogne, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France; died on 6 Sep 486 in Lyon, Rhône, Rhône-Alpes, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Caratene
• Name: Caratene De Suevi

Gundicar married Hrothildis Athanlidis about 412 in Bourgogne, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France. Hrothildis (daughter of Adulphus, King of the Visigoths and Aelia Galla Placida) was born in 390 in Bourgogne, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France; died in 449 in France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Hrothildis
• Name: Hrothildis Westgoten

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Ricimer Chieftan of the Suevi

Ricimer married Alypia, Princess of West Rome in 450 in Toledo, Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. Alypia (daughter of Anthemius, Emperor of the Western Roman Empire II and Aelia Marcia Eufemia) was born in 435 in Rome, Roma, Lazio, Italy; died on 6 Sep 467 in Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Giolahaire married Dietlinde. Dietlinde was born in 360 in Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France; died in France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Adulphus married Aelia Galla Placida in 414 in Narbonne, Aude, Languedoc-Roussillon, France. 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]

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.

Anthemius married Aelia Marcia Eufemia in 453 in Rome, Roma, Lazio, Italy. Aelia (daughter of Flavius Marcianus Augustus, Byzantine Emperor and Aelia Pulcheria) was born on 21 May 422 in Roma, Roma, Lazio, Italy; died on 31 Jul 472 in Roma, Roma, Lazio, Italy. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]