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Amalaric

Type Figure Region Iberian Peninsula Time c. 502–531 Also known as Amalaric、Amalarico、阿玛拉里克

Amalaric (c. 502–531) was king of the Visigoths 511–531, son of Alaric II and grandson of Theodoric the Great, who moved the capital to Narbonne and …

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  1. c. 502–517Visigothic Kingdom · Iberian PeninsulaIn 507 his father Alaric II was killed by the Frankish king Clovis I at the Battle of Vouillé, badly damaging the Visigothic Kingdom. The young Amalaric inherited the throne under the military protection and regency of his grandfather, the Ostrogoth king Theodoric the Great, who in practice governed Visigothic affairs as regent until his death in 526.
  2. c. 517–531Narbonne · OccitaniaAfter Theodoric's regency ended, Amalaric ruled in his own right, governing the remaining Gallic lands and the Iberian Peninsula from Narbonne. He married Clotilde, daughter of the Frankish Clovis I and a Catholic, but forced her to abandon her faith and convert to Arianism, even mistreating her. Clotilde appealed to her brother, the Frankish king Childebert I, provoking a Frankish invasion. In 531 Amalaric was defeated near Barcelona and promptly assassinated.

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