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Generation: 1
Generation: 2
| 2. |  Gunderic (Gonderic) (King Of The Vandals In Spain)  (1.Gondeguslus1) was born in 385 in Hungary; died in 426 in Spain. Other Events:
- _UID: AF5B1F4E62E243428D5ACD6CFC1A73937CAA
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In 401, the Vandals left Hungary, going west. By 406, they were in theregion of Troyes, Chalons, & Trier; south & east of Paris. By 409, theyarrived in Spain, where they remained for 20 years.
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| 3. | Gaiseric (Genseric) (King Of The Vandals In Spain & Africa) VANDALS (1.Gondeguslus1) was born in 400 in Baetica, Andalusia, Spain; died in 477 in Carthage, Tunisia, Africa. Other Events:
- RULED: 428-477
- Name: Genseric King Of VANDALS
- _UID: D02C885CCEB54E46B0E877CDB979B450094B
Notes:
From "The Dark Age Web", Mark Furnival, 1999: Gaiseric, also known asGenseric, was born around the year 400, the illegitimate son ofGodigiselus. Though rendered lame by a riding accident, he was to becomeone of the greatest, and most feared, of all barbarian warlords, and ledhis people, the Vandals, to the height of their power.
Gaiseric's brother, Guntheric, was King of the Vandals in 428 when,constructing a great fleet, that peoples crossed from Spain intoMauretania - the largest recorded sea-borne movement of barbarians in allthe V?lkerwanderung period. Guntheric, however, died before these planscame to fruition and it was left to Gaiseric to lead the enterprise. Hedefeated the Roman general, Bonifatius, then seized Carthage, which hemade the capital of an empire which encompassed much of North Africa.
In 455, he used the death of the western Emperor Valentinian III as apretext to attack the undefended city of Rome itself, which his warriorspillaged for fourteen days. He took the later Emperor's widow, Eudoxiaand her two daughters hostage, treating them as slaves. From here he wenton to lay waste to Dalmatia and Greece. Eventually, the eastern EmperorZeno was forced to recognise Gaiseric and made peace with him in 476,just a year before the king's death.
But for all the savagery of his warriors and his own ruthlessness,Gaiseric was a greatly respected leader - he was both an able militaryleader and a skillful diplomat. A hundred years later he would beremembered in folklore as the cleverest of men. Still, he was moreinterested in pillage than in building a lasting domain, integrating intoits new surroundings, and the empire he forged proved to be moretransient than most.
As a devoted Arian, he bore an uncompromising hatred of the Catholicchurch (according to one story he was an apostate from the Catholicfaith), and this may go some way to explaining the fury of his warriors'pillaging; Gaiseric was more than eager to humiliate the Catholic RomanEmpire. Churches and priests were a special target of the Vandalinvaders.
He was succeeded by his son, Hunneric (477-484) and almost at once hisNorth African empire began to disintegrate, being finally destroyed byBelisarios in 533.
King of the Vandals from 428-477. When his half-brother died , Gaisericbecame King of the Vandals. As he was a brilliant general, he took thebeaten Vandals out of Gaul, sailed to Africa, and there set up a kingdom.He created the first Vandal fleet and conquered north Africa, Sardinia,etc. When he died in 477 the Moorish vassal kingdoms on the borderrevolted.
Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Gaiseric married Licinia Eudoxia Of The Eastern Roman Empire after 455. Licinia (daughter of Theodosius II (Emperor Of The Eastern Roman Empire - 408-450) and Eudocia (Athenais) Of Athens) was born in 422 in Constantinople, Turkey; died in in Constantinople, Turkey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 3
| 4. | Hunneric (King Of The African Vandals) (3.Gaiseric2, 1.Gondeguslus1) was born in 440 in Carthage, Tunisia, Africa; died in 484 in Carthage, Tunisia, Africa. Other Events:
- FamilySearch ID: GJNW-7C6
- RULED: 477-484
- _UID: 05A752546EFA4481AE744A4E56329D0B6901
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Huneric launched a general persecution of Christianity and the LatinChurch, which was very strong in North Africa, apparently from genuinereligious fanaticism rather than for political reasons. The Vandals wereArian (Christian heretics).
King of the Vandals from 477-484, Huneric succeeded his father Gaisericin 477. When Gaiseric died, the Moorish vassal kingdoms on the borderrevolted. Huneric, an Arian, made Catholocism illegal.
Family/Spouse: Eudoxia Constantia. Eudoxia (daughter of Valentinian III (Emperor Of The Western Roman Empire - 425-455) and Licinia Eudoxia Of The Eastern Roman Empire) was born in 448 in Roman Empire; died before 484. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 5. | Genzo Of The Vandals (3.Gaiseric2, 1.Gondeguslus1) was born in 445; and died. Other Events:
- _UID: ED09AC03F52F45A2B51F6484315A63237DF3
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Genzo was a Vandal nobleman of royal blood who was the father of thekings Gunthamund and Thrasamund, and grandfather of the last kingGelimer.
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Generation: 4
| 6. | Hilderich (King Of The African Vandals) (4.Hunneric3, 3.Gaiseric2, 1.Gondeguslus1) was born in 465 in Carthage, Tunisia, Africa; died in 533 in Carthage Near Tunis, Africa. Other Events:
- FamilySearch ID: G5HV-MBT
- _UID: C71C5113D7B443B988260F0C252E4E6FA771
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Hilderich was old and in alliance with Constantinople when he was deposedin 530 in favor of Gelimer.
In 533 the Byzantines under Belisarius invaded North Africa following thedeposition by the usurper Gelimer of Huneric's son, Hilderich, who was aclose friend of the Byzantine emperor Justinian I. In one campaigningseason the Vandal kingdom was destroyed. Romer again ruled the area andrestored the churches to the Roman Catholics. The Vandals played nofurther role in history. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, article on Vandal]
Family/Spouse: Amfleda ('The Younger') Of The Vandals. Amfleda was born in 482 in Carthage Near Tunis, Africa; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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