Galla Placida Empress ROMAN EMPIRE

390 - 450  (60 years)

• Name	Galla Placida Empress ROMAN EMPIRE
  Birth	390	Rome, Roman Empire (Italy)
  Gender	Female
  Alt. Birth	Abt 390
  	Alt. Birth
  Alt. Birth	390
  	Alt. Birth
  Death	27 Nov 450	Rome, Roman Empire (Italy)
  Event	Bef 1577  [1]
  	Event
  	Her embalmed body sitting on a chair of cypress wood could be seen through a hole in the back of her tomb.
  Name	Aelia Galla Placidia Of ROME
  Name	Galla Of ROME
  Name	Galla Placida Princess BYZANTINE EMPIRE
  Occupation	Regent for Valentinian III
  _UID	DB632CDC8CC94C5791DD35D5A8FB22BF3AD9
  Burial	Chapel Of Saints Nazarius And Celsus, Ravenna, Italy   [1]
  Person ID	I9792	Carney Wehofer July 2025
  Last Modified	5 Feb 2012

  
  

  Father	Theodosius I "The Great" Emperor ROMAN EMPIRE,   b. 11 Jan 356-357, Causa, Spain d. 17 Jan 394-395, Milano (Milan), Roman Empire (Italy) (Age 38 years)
  Mother	Galla Valentiniana Of ROMAN EMPIRE,   b. Abt 367   d. 394, In Childbirth (Son John) (Age ~ 27 years)
  Marriage	387
  Family ID	F4894	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Atawulf (Athaulf) King Of The VISIGOTHS,   b. Abt 370, Toledo, Visigothic Empire Of Spain d. 415, Barcelona, Visigothic Empire Of Spain (Age ~ 45 years)
  Marriage	404	Narbonne, France
  Children	1. Theodoric I "The Brave" King Of The VISIGOTHS,   b. Abt 405, Toledo, Visigothic Empire Of Spain d. 24 Jun 451, Killed In The Battle Of Chalons (Age ~ 46 years)
  Family ID	F4891	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2016

  
  

  Family 2	Constantius III Emperor Of West ROMAN EMPIRE,   b. Abt 350   d. 2 Sep 421, Ravenna, Roman Empire (Italy) (Age ~ 71 years)
  Marriage	417	At The Urging Of Honorius
  Children	1. Justa Grata Honoria ROMAN EMPIRE,   b. Abt 416   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Valentinian III Emperor Of West ROMAN EMPIRE,   b. 2 Jul 419, Ravenna, Roman Empire (Italy) d. 16 Mar 454-455, Killed At Rome By Two Supporters Of The Late General Aetius (Who Valentian Had Killed) (Age 35 years)
  Family ID	F4889	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2016

  
  

• Notes

  By the time of the sack of Rome in 410, Placidia seems already to have been in Gothic hands. She was carried off with them to Gaul, and in 414 she was married in a Roman wedding ceremony to the Visigothic chieftain Athaulf at Narbonne Step-sister of Honorius. Captured by Alaric I and held hostage. Married Ataulf, Alaric's successor, but was treated badly when he was murdered. Finaly returned to Honorius 416. Source: lorenfamily.com

  
  

• Sources

  [S819] J. B. Bury, History of the Later Roman Empire, Vol. 1, (Dover, 1958), 263 (Reliability: 3).