- Goiaric.
Gesalec's rule was
dealt a
decisive blow when the Burgundians, led by
their king Gundobad,
captured and
plundered Narbonne, his capital.
Gesalec fled...
- his
eldest son, the
illegitimate Gesalec, and his
younger son, the
legitimate Amalaric, who was
still a child.
Gesalec proved incompetent, and in 511 King...
- an army, led by his sword-bearer Theudis,
against Gesalec,
ostensibly on
behalf of Amalaric;
Gesalec fled to Africa. The
Ostrogoths then
drove back the...
-
Gesalec took
power until he was
deposed by
Theodoric the Great,
ruler of the
Ostrogothic Kingdom, who
invaded and
defeated him at Barcelona.
Gesalec fled...
-
Ostrogothic king
Theoderic the
Great intervened to
depose the Balt king
Gesalec. He
ruled himself until his
death in 526, when
Amalaric succeeded him....
-
southwestern part of
France and to
capture Toulouse. Alaric's
illegitimate son
Gesalec tried to
organise a
counterstrike at Narbonne, but he was
deposed and ultimately...
-
Theuderic I Godegisel †
Gundobad (post-507) Aureli****
Chilo Alaric II † Suatrius (POW)
Gundobad (pre-507)
Aridius Gesalec Theudis Theoderic the Great...
-
Athalaric King of the
Visigoths Reign 511 – 30
August 526
Predecessor Gesalec Successor Amalaric Born 454 near
Carnuntum (now in
Lower Austria), Western...
- Vouillé and the child-king
Amalaric was
carried for
safety into
Iberia while Gesalec was
elected to
replace him and rule from Narbonne. Clovis, his son Theuderic...
- of King Alaric,
Gesalec, whom the
remnants of the
Visigothic army had
acclaimed as
their monarch.
Overthrown by the Ostrogoths,
Gesalec had to s**** refuge...
