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Genseric "The Lame", King of the Vandals of Spain and Africa

Genseric "The Lame", King of the Vandals of Spain and Africa

Male Abt 389 - 477  (88 years)

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  • Name Genseric "The Lame"   [1
    Suffix King of the Vandals of Spain and Africa 
    Birth Abt 389  Lake Balaton, Hungary Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Death 25 Jan 477  Carthage Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I74159  Bob Juch's Tree
    Last Modified 31 Dec 2022 

    Father Godigisel, King of the Hasdingi Vandals,   b. 359, Balaton, Bekes, Hungary Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 406, Rhine River, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 47 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Flora,   b. Abt 360, Hungary Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 450, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F18321  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Licinia Eudoxia, Princess of the Eastern Roman Empire,   b. Apr 422, Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Apr 462, Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 40 years) 
    Marriage Abt 444  Spain Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Huneric, King of the Vandals and Alans,   b. 440, Carthage Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Dec 484, Carthage Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 44 years)  [natural]
     2. Gento,   b. 445, Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 477, Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 32 years)  [natural]
    Family ID F25013  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 31 Dec 2022 

  • 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]

  • Sources 
    1. [S4] Ancestry.com, Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;).