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Personal data Amalafrieda Balthes der Ostrogothen 

• She was born in the year 460.
• (Geschiedenis) .Source 1

  was de dochter van Thiudimir, koning van de Ostrogoten, en zijn vrouw Erelieva. Ze was de zuster van Theoderik de Grote, eveneens koning van de Ostrogoten, en moeder van Theodahad, die later koning werd van de Ostrogoten. Haar tweede echtgenoot was Thrasamund, koning van de Vandalen. Ze had twee kinderen: de hiervoor genoemde Theodahad en Amalaberga.

• (Levens event) .Source 2

  Amalafrida was the daughter of Theodemir, king of the Ostrogoths, and his wife Erelieva. She was the sister of Theodoric the Great, and mother of Theodahad, both of whom also were kings of the Ostrogoths.
  
  In 500, to further cement his authority over the Vandals, Theodoric arranged a marriage alliance with Thrasamund, king of the Vandals, who became Amalfrida's second husband. She brought a very large dowry, but also 5,000 Gothic troops.[1]
  
  After her husband Thrasamund's death, his successor Hilderic issued orders for the return of all the Catholic bishops from exile, and Boniface, a strenuous asserter of orthodoxy, bishop of the African Church. In response, Amalfrida headed a party of revolt; she called in the assistance of the Moors, and battle was joined at Capsa, about three hundred miles to the south of the capital, on the edge of the Libyan desert.[2]
  
  In 523, Amalafrida's party was beaten, and Hilderic had her arrested and imprisoned in a successful bid to overthrow Ostrogothic hegemony; he also had her Gothic troops killed. She died in prison, exact date unknown.[3]
  
  Amalafrida had two children, the aforementioned Theodahad and Amalaberga, who married Hermanfrid, king of the Thuringii. It is not known who the father of these children was.

• She died in the year 520, she was 60 years old.
• A child of Theodemir Balthes der Ostrogothen and Erëliëva la Gauloise de Tongres
• This information was last updated on October 17, 2012.

Household of Amalafrieda Balthes der Ostrogothen

She is married to Trasimond der Vandalen.

They got married.Source 3

Child(ren):

1. Theodahad der Vandalen  
2. Amalberga der Vandalen  480-540 

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