 388 - 450 (62 years)
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| Name |
Aelia Galla Placida [1, 2] |
| Birth |
388 |
Rome, Roma, Lazio, Italy  [1, 2] |
| Gender |
Female |
| Death |
27 Nov 450 |
Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy [1, 2] |
| Burial |
Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy [2] |
| Person ID |
I52340 |
Bob Juch's Tree |
| Last Modified |
31 Dec 2022 |
| Father |
Flavius Theodosius, Emperor of Rome I, b. 11 Jan 346, Coca, Segovia, Castilla-Leon, Spain d. 17 Jan 395, Milan, Milano, Lombardia, Italy (Age 49 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Flavia Galla Justina Valentinia, b. 365, Pannonia d. 27 Nov 394, Roma, Roma, Lazio, Italy (Age 29 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Marriage |
376 |
Rome, Roma, Lazio, Italy |
| Family ID |
F18325 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 2 |
Adulphus, King of the Visigoths, b. 400, La Mancha, Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain d. 24 Jun 441, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (Age 41 years) |
| Marriage |
414 |
Narbonne, Aude, Languedoc-Roussillon, France [1, 2] |
| Children |
| | 1. Hrothildis Athanlidis, b. 390, Bourgogne, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France d. 449, France (Age 59 years) [natural] |
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| Family ID |
F25078 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
31 Dec 2022 |
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| Event Map |
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 | Birth - 388 - Rome, Roma, Lazio, Italy |
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 | Marriage - 414 - Narbonne, Aude, Languedoc-Roussillon, France |
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 | Death - 27 Nov 450 - Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy |
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| Burial - - Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy |
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| 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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| Sources |
- [S4] Ancestry.com, Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;).
- [S651] Ancestry.com, Italy, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
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