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Vitiges (also
known as Vitigis, Vitigo,
Witiges or Wittigis, and in Old
Norse as Vigo) (died 542) was king of
Ostrogothic Italy from 536 to 540. He succeeded...
- fate of his children.
After Witiges's capture, the
leading candidate for the
Ostrogothic throne became Uraias, who was
Witiges' nephew, a
skilled military...
- led to the
election of a new king,
Witiges, a
former general under Theodoric the Great. Upon
learning of
Witiges's election,
Theodahad returned to Ravenna...
- Ravenna,
Witiges and his men were
trapped in the
Ostrogothic capital.
Belisarius proved more
capable at
siege warfare than his
rival Witiges had been...
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Wittiza (Witiza, Witica, Witicha, Vitiza, or
Witiges; c. 687 –
probably 710) was the king of the
Visigoths from 694
until his death, co-ruling with his...
- the
spoils of that
kingdom the
towns of Mâcon,
Geneva and Lyons. When
Witiges, the king of the Ostrogoths,
ceded Provence to the
Franks in 535, the possession...
- the
Byzantine Empire embarked on a
campaign to
reconquer Italy in 535.
Witiges, who was the
Ostrogothic ruler at that time,
could not
defend the kingdom...
- Witege,
Witige or
Wittich (Old English: Wudga, Widia; Gotho-Latin: Vidigoia) or
Vidrik "Vidga"
Verlandsson (Old Norse: Vidrīk + Viðga or
Videke + Verlandsson...
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entered Rome with the
approval of Pope Silverius. Theodahad's
successor Witiges gathered together an army and
besieged Rome for
several months, subjecting...
- children:
Athalaric and
Matasuntha (the
latter being married to
Witiges first, then,
after Witiges' death,
married to Germ**** Justinus).
After his
death in...
