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Personal data Erëliëva la Gauloise de Tongres 

• She was born in the year 428.
• (Geschiedenis) .Source 1

  was de moeder van de Ostrogotische koning Theodorik de Grote. Ze wordt meestal beschreven als de concubine van Theodorik's vader, Theodemir, hoewel de historicus Thomas Hodgkin opmerkt dat dit weinig afbreuk deed aan haar positie bij het hof. Aan veel Germaanse hoven uit die tijd had men een minder strikte opvatting ten opzichte van de huwelijkstrouw dan die in latere eeuwen gebruikelijk zou worden, evenals dat enige eeuwen later nog gewoon was bij de Noormannen.
  
  Erelieva was Katholiek, en gedoopt met de naam Eusebia. Ze heeft waarschijnlijk op volwassen leeftijd het Arianisme voor dit geloof ingeruild. Het lijkt erop dat Ereliava het Katholieke geloof nogal serieus nam, zoals blijkt uit haar correspondentie met Paus Gelasius en opmerkingen over haar in Ennodius's Panegyricus van Theodorik.

• (Levens event) .Source 2

  Ereleuva (born before AD 440, died c. 500?[1]) was the mother of the Ostrogothic king Theodoric the Great. She is often referred to as the concubine of Theodoric's father, Theodemir, although historian Thomas Hodgkin notes "this word of reproach hardly does justice to her position. In many of the Teutonic nations, as among the Norsemen of a later century, there seems to have been a certain laxity as to the marriage rite..."[2] That Gelasius refers to her as regina ("queen") suggests that she had a prominent social position despite the informality of her union with Theodemir.[1]
  
  Ereleuva was Catholic, and was baptised with the name Eusebia.[1] She had probably converted from Arianism as an adult, but the details are unclear in the historical record. Ereleuva is regarded as having taken to Catholicism quite seriously, as indicated by her correspondence with Pope Gelasius and mention of her in Ennodius's Panegyric of Theodoric.[3]
  
  Her name was variously spelled by historians in antiquity as Ereriliva (by the fragmentary chronicle of Anonymus Valesianus, c. 527[4]) and Erelieva (by Jordanes), and is now largely known to modern historians as Ereleuva, as she was addressed most frequently by Pope Gelasius I. Related to the Erilaz from which the Heruli were tied with the Ostrogoths even after they returned to Scandinavia

• She died in the year 500, she was 72 years old.
• A child of Pharamond der Merovingen and Arcote van Cimbrië
• This information was last updated on October 18, 2012.

Household of Erëliëva la Gauloise de Tongres

She is married to Theodemir Balthes der Ostrogothen.

They got marriedSource 3

Child(ren):

1. Theoderic "de Grote" der Ostrogothen  451-526 
2. Amalafrieda Balthes der Ostrogothen  460-520 
3. Argote Balthes der Ostrogothen  465-???? 
4. Arevagni der Ostrogothen  465-????

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