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”’Theudigisel”’ (or ”’Theudegisel”’) (in [[Latin language|Latin]] ”Theudigisclus” and in [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[Galician language|Galician]] and [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] ”Teudiselo”, ”Teudigiselo”, or ”Teudisclo”), ({{circa}} 500 – December 549) was king of the [[Visigoths]] in [[Hispania]] and [[Septimania]] (548–549). Some Visigothic king lists skip Theudigisel, as well as [[Agila I]], going directly from [[Theudis]] to [[Athanagild]]. |
”’Theudigisel”’ (or ”’Theudegisel”’) (in [[Latin language|Latin]] ”Theudigisclus” and in [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[Galician language|Galician]] and [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] ”Teudiselo”, ”Teudigiselo”, or ”Teudisclo”), ({{circa}} 500 – December 549) was king of the [[Visigoths]] in [[Hispania]] and [[Septimania]] (548–549). Some Visigothic king lists skip Theudigisel, as well as [[Agila I]], going directly from [[Theudis]] to [[Athanagild]]. |
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Theudigisel was a leading Ostrogoth general during the reign of [[Theudis]] (531–548), and was attested as the last member of the [[Amal dynasty|House of Theodoric]], being the son of [[Theodahad]] (535–536) and grandnephew of [[Theodoric the Great]].<ref>Peter Heather, ”The Goths” (Oxford: Blackwell, 1996), p. 278</ref> He had repelled the [[Franks]] from Spain after their invasion of 541, cutting them off in the pass of [[Valcarlos]], but accepted a bribe to allow them to return to home. Years later, when Theudis was murdered by a disgruntled servant, Theudigisel had managed to make himself King of Visigoths shortly after his Predecessors death. He ruled from June 548 – December 549.<ref>Ian Wood, ”The Merovingian Kingdoms: 450-751” (London: Longman, 1994), p. 170</ref> |
Theudigisel was a leading Ostrogoth general during the reign of [[Theudis]] (531–548), and was attested as the last member of the [[Amal dynasty|House of Theodoric]], being the son of [[Theodahad]] (535–536) and grandnephew of [[Theodoric the Great]].<ref>Peter Heather, ”The Goths” (Oxford: Blackwell, 1996), p. 278</ref> He had repelled the [[Franks]] from Spain after their invasion of 541, cutting them off in the pass of [[Valcarlos]], but accepted a bribe to allow them to return to home. Years later, when Theudis was murdered by a disgruntled servant, Theudigisel had managed to make himself King of Visigoths shortly after his Predecessors death. He ruled from June 548 – December 549.<ref>Ian Wood, ”The Merovingian Kingdoms: 450-751” (London: Longman, 1994), p. 170</ref> |
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King of the Visigoths
Theudigisel (or Theudegisel) (in Latin Theudigisclus and in Spanish, Galician and Portuguese Teudiselo, Teudigiselo, or Teudisclo), (c. 500 – December 549) was king of the Visigoths in Hispania and Septimania (548–549). Some Visigothic king lists skip Theudigisel, as well as Agila I, going directly from Theudis to Athanagild.
Theudigisel was a leading Ostrogoth general during the reign of Theudis (531–548), and was attested as the last member of the House of Theodoric, being the son of Theodahad (535–536) and grandnephew of Theodoric the Great.[1] He had repelled the Franks from Spain after their invasion of 541, cutting them off in the pass of Valcarlos, but accepted a bribe to allow them to return to home. Years later, when Theudis was murdered by a disgruntled servant, Theudigisel had managed to make himself King of Visigoths shortly after his Predecessors death. He ruled from June 548 – December 549.[2]
According to Isidore of Seville, Theudigisel was assassinated because he “defiled the marriages of very many powerful men by public prostitution”, and was assassinated by a group of conspirators during a banquet in Seville.[3] Although he agrees that Theudigisel died during a banquet, Gregory of Tours records a different tale of his end: in the middle of the feast, the lights were blown out and an unidentified person killed Theudigisel in the dark. “The Goths had adopted the reprehensible habit of killing out of hand any king who displeased them and replacing him on the throne by someone they preferred,” Gregory concludes.[4]
- ^ Peter Heather, The Goths (Oxford: Blackwell, 1996), p. 278
- ^ Ian Wood, The Merovingian Kingdoms: 450-751 (London: Longman, 1994), p. 170
- ^ Isidore of Seville, Historia de regibus Gothorum, Vandalorum et Suevorum, chapter 44. Translation by Guido Donini and Gordon B. Ford, Isidore of Seville’s History of the Goths, Vandals, and Suevi, second revised edition (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1970), p. 21
- ^ Gregory of Tours, Decem Libri Historiarum, III.30. Translated by Lewis Thorpe, History of the Franks (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1974), p. 187
