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Personal data Edeko van de Scirii 

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  Edeko was for some time the chief of the Scirii. He was the father of Odoacer, who became a magister militum in the Roman Army and king of Italy.[1]
  
  In the middle of the 5th century the Scirii were a Germanic Tribe and vassals of the Huns, and Edeko was a famous person at the court of Attila,[1] in the same way Ardarik, the king of the Gepids, was. According to written sources he protected Attila with his life. In the Battle of Châlons Edeko fought by the side of the Huns.
  
  Following the destruction of the Sciri, who had been incited to break their treaty with the Ostrogoths by Hunimund, king of the Swabians, Edeko, with his son Onoulphus, joined the Swabian side in the Battle of Bolia in the late 460s, where they were again defeated by the Ostrogoths under their king Theodemir.

• This information was last updated on February 22, 2013.

Household of Edeko van de Scirii

Child(ren):

1. Armatus van de Scirii  ????-477 
2. NN van de Scirii   
3. Onoulphus van de Scirii  -493
4. Odoacer van Italië  433-493

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