Family tree Homs » Audofledis "Blanchefleur" of the Salian Franks (± 470-± 511)

Personal data Audofledis "Blanchefleur" of the Salian Franks 

• Nickname is Blanchefleur.
• She was born about 470 in Tournai (Turnacum), Belgica (Present Belgium), Roman EmpireTournai (Turnacum), Belgica (Present Belgium).
• She was christened in Of Reims, Neustria.
• Alternative: She was christened in Of Reims, Neustria.
• Alternative: She was christened in Of Reims, Neustria.
• Alternative: She was christened in Of Reims, Neustria.
• Alternative: She was christened in Of Reims, Neustria.
• Alternative: She was christened in Of Reims, Neustria.
• Alternative: She was christened in Of Reims, Neustria.
• Alternative: She was christened in Reims, Neustria.
• Alternative: She was christened in Of Reims, Neustria.
• Alternative: She was christened in Of Reims, Neustria.
• Alternative: She was christened in Of Reims, Neustria.
• Alternative: She was christened in Of Reims, Neustria.
• Alternative: She was christened in Of Reims, Neustria.
• Alternative: She was christened in Of Reims, Neustria.
• Alternative: She was christened in Of Reims, Neustria.
• Alternative: She was christened on December 25, 466 in Reims, Neustria.
• Alternative: She was christened on December 25, 496.
• Alternative: She was christened on December 25, 496.
• Alternative: She was christened on December 25, 496.
• Alternative: She was christened on December 25, 496 in Of Reims, Neustria.
• Alternative: She was christened on December 25, 496 in Of Reims, Neustria.
• Alternative: She was christened on December 25, 496.
• Alternative: She was christened on December 25, 496 in Of Reims, Neustria.
• Alternative: She was christened on December 25, 496.
• Alternative: She was christened on December 25, 496 in Of Reims, Neustria.
• Alternative: She was christened on December 25, 496 in Of Reims, Neustria.
• Alternative: She was christened on December 25, 496.
• Alternative: She was christened on December 25, 496 in Of Reims, Neustria.
• Alternative: She was christened on December 25, 496.
• Alternative: She was christened on December 25, 496 in Of Reims, Neustria.
• Alternative: She was christened on December 25, 496 in Of Reims, Neustria.
• Alternative: She was christened on December 25, 496 in Of Reims, Neustria.
• Alternative: She was christened on December 25, 496 in Of Reims, Neustria.
• Alternative: She was christened on December 25, 496 in Of Reims, Neustria.
• Alternative: She was christened on December 25, 496.
• Alternative: She was christened on December 25, 496.
• Alternative: She was christened on December 25, 496.
• Alternative: She was christened on December 25, 496 in Of Reims, Neustria.
• Alternative: She was christened on December 25, 496.
• Alternative: She was christened on December 25, 496 in Of Reims, Neustria.
• Alternative: She was christened on December 25, 496.
• Alternative: She was christened on December 25, 496.
• Alternative: She was christened on December 25, 496 in Of Reims, Neustria.
• Alternative: She was christened on December 25, 496.
• She was baptized about 493 in Ravenna (Present Provincia di Ravenna), Flavinia et Picenum (Present Emilia-Romagna), Roman Empire (Present Italy)Ravenna, Flavinia et Picenum (Present Emilia-Romagna).
• She died about 526 TO 27-11-511 in Ravenna, (Present Provincia di Ravenna), Flavinia et Picenum (Present Emilia-Romagna), ItalyRavenna, Flavinia et Picenum (Present Emilia-Romagna).
• A child of Childéric des Francs and Basina II Adovera Liething
• This information was last updated on September 17, 2011.

Household of Audofledis "Blanchefleur" of the Salian Franks

She has/had a relationship with Theodoric "the Great" King of the Ostrogoths King of the Ostrogoths.

Child(ren):

1. Theodoric of the Ostrogoths  ± 465-± 535 
2. Amalafreda of the Ostrogoths  ± 455-± 525 
3. Chrotechilde de Ostrogoths  ± 525-± 625 

Notes about Audofledis "Blanchefleur" of the Salian Franks

Name Prefix: Princess Name Suffix: Of The Franks

Name Suffix: Princess of the Franks "Blanchefleur"

Name Prefix: Prince Name Suffix: Of The Franks

Name Suffix: Princess of the Franks "Blanchefleur"

Name Prefix: Prince Name Suffix: Of The Franks

udofledis o Audefleda de los Francos Saliens, Reina de los Godos que nació circa 469 y murió asesinada en el 535. Fue su hijo Amalasuintha.

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Father: Childeric I King Of The FRANKS b: 436 in Westphalia, Germany
Mother: Basina Princess of THURINGIA b: 438 in Of, Thuringia, Germany

Marriage 1 Theodoric Ist King of the OSTROGOTHS b: ABT 453

Children

1. Has Children Theodoric II of OSTROGOTHS b: ABT 484

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Basina Princess of Thuringia

Date Place Source
Born : Abt. 438 Thüringen -
Died : Aft 470 - -

Age : 32
Ref. : 323

Father Mother
Basin King of Thuringia
Marriage
BET. 463 - 465 - Childeric I. King of the Franks
Children
- - Audefleda Princess of the Franks
Abt. 466 - Chlodovech I. the Great King of the Franks

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Father: Theodomir "Amaling" King of the OSTROGOTHS b: ABT 433
Mother: CRELIEVA b: ABT 433 in X

Marriage 1 Andelfida Princess of the FRANKS** b: ABT 469

Children

1. Has Children Theodoric II of OSTROGOTHS b: ABT 484

Marriage 2 Princess Of The Ostrogoths THEODORA b: 477

Children

1. Has Children Lady Of The Ostrogoths THEODOGOTHO b: 480
2. Has Children Lady Of The Ostrogoths THEODOSIA b: 515

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Mother: Andelfida Princess of the FRANKS** b: ABT 469

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[Ahnentafel by Philippe Houdry, from various sources, ver. 3 (Aug. 31,
1994) posted by Tom Camfield]: Queen of the Goths of Italy.

#Générale##Générale#2ʻ femme

#Générale#ou Audolflède.

{geni:occupation} Queen Consort of the Ostrogoths, Princess

{geni:about_me} From the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy page on Merovingians (covering her birth family):

http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/MEROVINGIANS.htm#AudofledisMTheodoricOstrogothdied526

1. CHILDERICH (-Tournai [481/82], bur Tournai).

Gregory of Tours records that Merovech was the father of Childerich[17]. The Liber Historiæ Francorum names "Merovechus…filium…Childerico"[18].

He succeeded in [451/57] as leader of the Franks in Roman Gaul, and subsequently adopted the title CHILDERICH I King of the Franks, confirmed by his undated seal which bears the title "Childerici Regiz"[19].

Gregory of Tours records that King Childerich's "private life was one long debauch" and that he was forced into exile in Thuringia by his subjects who chose as his replacement the Roman General Ægidius, named magister militum per Gallias in [456/57] and who ruled for 8 years[20].

Gregory of Tours records Childerich's restoration as king in Gaul, followed by his alliance with "Odovacar…[and] his Saxons" (indicating that this is unlikely to refer to the Ostrogoth leader in Italy), and their joint subjugation of the Alamanni[21]. A letter from Remigius Bishop of Reims to Childerich's son Clovis congratulates the latter on taking over his father's position in "Belgica Secunda"[22], implying that Childerich's authority was limited to the north-east part of Gaul.

The Liber Historiæ Francorum records that "Childericus rex" reigned for 24 years[23].

m ([464]) as her second husband, BASINA, formerly wife of BASINUS King of Thuringia, daughter of ---.

Gregory of Tours names Basina as wife of Basinus King of Thuringia, with whom King Childerich sought refuge after being deposed, Basina deserting her first husband to join Childerich after he was restored as king in Gaul[24].

The marriage date is estimated on the basis of how long Childerich was allegedly in exile, assuming that the date of his deposition is accurate, and is appears to be consistent with the estimated dates of birth of the couple's descendants. The Liber Historiæ Francorum records that "Childericus rex" committed adultery with "in Toringam…Basina regina uxorem Bisini regis" who abandoned her husband to join Childerich[25].

Assuming that Basina existed, it is unlikely that her first name is correct considering that it is the feminine form of her first husband's name.

King Childerich & his wife had four children:

a) CHLODOVECH [Clovis] ([464/67]-Paris [27 Nov] 511, bur Paris, basilique des Saints-Apôtres [later église de Sainte-Geneviève]).

Gregory of Tours names Clovis as son of Childerich & Basina[26]. He succeeded his father in [481/82] as CLOVIS I King of the Franks.

b) LANDECHILDIS [Lantilde].

Gregory of Tours names Lanthechild as sister of King Clovis, specifying that she was baptised with him after having followed the Arian faith[27]. She converted to Arianism, according to the title of one of the sermons of Avitus Bishop of Vienne[28].

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c) AUDOFLEDIS .

Gregory of Tours names Audofleda as sister of King Clovis, recording that she married Theodoric King of Italy[29]. Iordanes records the marriage of Theodoric and "Lodoin Francorum regem filiam eius Audefledam" and names her brothers "Celdebertum et Heldebertum et Thiudebertum"[30], although this is presumably an incorrect reference to her nephews and great-nephew with similar names.

m ([492]) THEODORIC King of the Ostrogoths in Italy, illegitimate son of THEODEMIR King of the Ostrogoths in Pannonia & his concubine Ereleuva --- ([454]-30 Aug 526).

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d) ALBOFLEDIS (-after 496).

Gregory of Tours names Albofled as sister of King Clovis, specifying that she was baptised but died soon after, St Rémy sending a letter of condolence to her brother[31]. From the context, it would appear that her baptism took place around the same time as her brother was baptised.

“Remigius Episcopus” wrote to “Chlodoveo Regi” consoling him on the death of “germana vestra…Albochledis”[32].

References:

[18] Liber Historiæ Francorum 6, MGH SS rer Merov II, p. 246.

[19] Settipani, C. and Kerrebrouck, P. van (1993) La préhistoire des Capétiens 481-987, 1ère partie, Mérovingiens, Carolingiens et Robertiens (Villeneuve d'Ascq), p. 51.

[20] Gregory of Tours II.12, p. 128.

[21] Gregory of Tours II.18 and 19, p. 132.

[22] Epistulæ Austrasiacæ 2, MGH Epistolæ 3, discussed in Wood, I. (1994) The Merovingian Kingdoms (Longman), p. 41.

[23] Liber Historiæ Francorum 9, MGH SS rer Merov II, p. 251.

[24] Gregory of Tours II.12, p. 129.

[25] Liber Historiæ Francorum 7, MGH SS rer Merov II, p. 249.

[26] Gregory of Tours II.12, p. 129.

[27] Gregory of Tours II.31, p. 145.

[28] Wood, I. (1994) The Merovingian Kingdoms (Longman), p. 44.

[29] Gregory of Tours III.31, p. 187.

[30] Iordanes Getarum, MGH Auct. ant. V.1, p. 131.

[31] Gregory of Tours II.31, pp. 144-5.

[32] RHGF IV, p. 51.

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From the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy page on

http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ITALY,%20Kings%20to%20962.htm#TheodericKingGothsItalyB

THEODORIC, son of THEODEMIR King of the Ostrogoths in Pannonia & his concubine Ereleuva --- ([451][262]-Ravenna 30 Aug 526).

Iordanes names "Theodericum" as son of Theodemir, in a later passage naming his mother "Erelieva concubina"[263]. Herimannus names "Theodericus, Theodmari filius, rex Ostrogothorum" when recording his arrival in Italy[264].

He was sent as a hostage to Constantinople at the age of seven in [459/61], returning in [469/70] to assume control of the part of the kingdom formerly ruled by his uncle Valamir, under his father as overall king[265].

He left Pannonia with his father in [473], settling at Kyrrhos in Macedonia where his father named him as his successor in 474. However, by 476 Theodoric had moved back across the Danube and settled in lower Moesia in the city of Novae-Svištov. While Emperor Zeno was planning to resettle his contingent in Dacia, Theodoric marched westwards to join his relative Sidimund at Durazzo[266].

He marched against Greece in 482 and forced Emperor Zeno to conclude a treaty under which Theodoric was named consul for 484 at Constantinople and given Dacia ripensis and parts of lower Moesia[267]. He acquired Roman citizenship to serve as consul, adopting the name FLAVIUS AMALUS THEODERICUS[268]. Procopius records that “duce Theoderico” was "patricius" and later was appointed to the "consularem" by Byzantium[269].

In 487, he began an offensive against Constantinople, but was bought off by rich presents brought by his half-sister Amalafrida. He led the Ostrogoths on the move again in 488 into Italy, where he put King Odovacar to flight in Aug 489. Theodoric captured Verona, then Milan and Pavia, establishing his capital in the latter[270]. King Odovacar counter-attacked, but was again defeated 11 Aug 490. He compromised with Theodoric in Feb 493, agreeing to joint rule over Italy, but Theodoric captured and personally killed Odovacar after entering Ravenna[271].

He was proclaimed THEODORIC "the Great" King of Italy[272] by the Gothic army in Mar 493, with his capital at Ravenna. He was recognised as ruler in the west by Emperor Anastasius at Constantinople in 498[273].

Relations with the Franks, cemented by King Theodoric's marriage in [492], deteriorated somewhat in [506] when the Franks persecuted the Alamanni who were under Theodoric's protection[274]. However, despite the close family ties with the Visigothic kingdom after his daughter's marriage with the Visigothic king, King Theodoric was unable or unwilling to provide the necessary military support for his son-in-law against the Franks at the battle of the Vouillé in 507[275].

King Theodoric acted nominally as regent in the kingdom of the Visigoths 507-526 during the minority of his grandson Amalric King of the Visigoths, but declared himself king of the Visigothic kingdom in 511, although he appointed his sword-bearer Teudis (who later succeeded as king of the Visigoths) as governor[276]. He annexed the Visigothic territory between the Alps and the Rhône to the kingdom of Italy, and re-established the Gallic prefecture at Arles in 510[277].

The Marii Episcopi Aventicensis Chronica records the death in 526 of "Theudoricus rex Gothorum in urbe Ravenna"[278]. He died from dysentery[279].

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m ([492]) AUDOFLEDIS, daughter of CHILDERIC I King of the Franks & his wife Basina ---.

Gregory of Tours names Audofleda as the sister of King Clovis, recording that she married Theodoric King of Italy[280].

Iordanes records the marriage of Theodoric and "Lodoin Francorum regem filiam eius Audefledam" and names her brothers "Celdebertum et Heldebertum et Thiudebertum"[281], although this is presumably an incorrect reference to her nephews and great-nephew with similar names.

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Concubine: ---. Iordanes records that Theodoric's two daughters were born "ex concubina…in Moesia" before his marriage to Audofledis[282]. The name of the concubine of Theodoric is not known.

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King Theodoric & his wife had one daughter:

1. AMALASUINTHA [Amalswinde] ([493]-murdered [30 Apr] 535).

Iordanes names "Amalasuentham" as daughter of Theodoric[283]. Gregory of Tours records that King Theodoric left his wife Audofleda "with a small daughter…Amalasuntha" when he died[284], although this appears misleading with regard to her age bearing in mind the chronology of events established in other sources.

In a passage which appears to be a complete fabrication, Gregory records that Amalasuntha eloped with one of her slaves, Traguilla, who was later killed by her mother's emissaries who brought Amalasuntha back after "a good beating". Gregory then recounts that she murdered her mother by poisoning her communion chalice, but was herself killed by "Theudat King of Tuscany" whom the people had called to rule over them[285]. This story may have been Gregory's way of justifying King Theodebert's subsequent attack on Italy, the account of which follows in the succeeding paragraph.

She was regent in Italy for her son in 526. Procopius records that “ex filia nepos Atalaricus” succeeded on the death of "Theoderico" under the rule of "Amalasuntha matre"[286].

She renounced the territory north of the River Durance in favour of the Burgundians in 530 in the name of her son[287].

On the death of her son in 534, she declared herself AMALASUINTHA Queen of Italy, appointing her cousin Theodahad as co-regent. Theodahad arrested her end-534 and imprisoned her on an island in Lake Bolsena, where "after spending a very few days in sorrow, she was strangled in the bath by his hirelings" according to Jordanes[288].

m (515) EUTHARICH [Eutarico], son of VETERIC & his wife --- (-[522/23]).

Iordanes names "Eutharicum" as son of "Vetericus" and as husband of "Amalasuentham" and father of their two children[289]. The Chronicle of Cassiodorus records the marriage in 515 of "Theodericus filiam usam dominam Amalasuintam" and "gloriosi viri dn Eutharici"[290].

Eutharic was adopted by Emperor Justin in recognition of his father-in-law's decision to designate him as his successor after his marriage. He was given Roman citizenship and became first consul in 519 as FLAVIUS EUTHARICUS CILLIGA[291].

Wolfram estimates that Eutharich died in [522/23][292]. Jordanes specifies that Eutharich predeceased King Theodoric's nomination of his son Athalaric as his successor.

Eutharic & Amalasuintha had two children.

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King Theodoric had two illegitimate daughters by his concubine (half-sisters of Amalasuintha):

2. THEODEGOTHA [Thiudigotho]. Iordanes names "unam…Thiudigoto et aliam Ostrogotho" as the two daughters of Theodoric born "ex concubina…in Moesia" before his marriage to Audofledis, specifying that they came to Italy and were married "unam Alarico Vesegotharum et aliam Sigismundo Burgundzonorum"[300]. Procopius records that “regi Visigothorum Alarico” married "Theoderici…Theudichusam virginem filiam"[301]. m ([494][302]) ALARIC II King of the Visigoths, son of EURIC King of the Visigoths & his wife --- (-killed in battle Poitiers 507).

3. OSTROGOTHO ([475/80]-before [520]). Iordanes names "unam…Thiudigoto et aliam Ostrogotho" as the two daughters of Theodoric born "ex concubina…in Moesia" before his marriage to Audofledis, specifying that they came to Italy and were married "unam Alarico Vesegotharum et aliam Sigismundo Burgundzonorum"[303]. Her father arranged her marriage as part of his negotiations for an alliance with the Burgundians. According to Settipani[304], this marriage took place soon after Theoderic arrived in Italy. Wolfram suggests[305] that Theodoric's alliance with the Burgundians was settled in 496. m ([494/96]) as his first wife, SIGISMUND of Burgundy, son of GONDEBAUD King of Burgundy & his wife Caratena (-murdered 523, bur Agaune). He succeeded his father in 516 as SIGISMUND King of Burgundy.

References:

[262] Wolfram, H. (1998) History Of The Goths (Berkeley, California), p. 250. , p. 262.

[263] Iordanes Getarum, MGH Auct. ant. V.1, pp. 77 and 128.

[264] Herimanni Augiensis Chronicon 482, MHG SS V, p. 84.

[265] Wolfram (1998), p. 267. According to Settipani, C. and Kerrebrouck, P. van (1993) La préhistoire des Capétiens 481-987, 1ère partie, Mérovingiens, Carolingiens et Robertiens (Villeneuve d'Ascq), p. 52, Theoderic returned in [475].

[266] Wolfram (1998), pp. 270-4.

[267] Wolfram (1998), p. 277.

[268] Wolfram (1998), pp. 277 and 286.

[269] Procopius, Vol. II, De Bello Gothico I.1, p. 7.

[270] Wolfram (1998), p. 289.

[271] Wolfram (1998), pp. 281-3.

[272] His title was Flavius Theodericus rex, rather than rex Gothorum, see Wolfram (1998), p. 286.

[273] Wolfram (1998), p. 284.

[274] Wolfram (1998), p. 314.

[275] Wolfram (1998), p. 309.

[276] Wolfram (1998), p. 245.

[277] Wolfram (1998), p. 309.

[278] Marii Episcopi Aventicensis Chronica 526, MGH Auct. ant. XI, p. 235.

[279] Wolfram (1998), p. 331.

[280] Gregory of Tours III.31, p. 187.

[281] Iordanes Getarum, MGH Auct. ant. V.1, p. 131.

[282] Iordanes Getarum, MGH Auct. ant. V.1, p. 131.

[283] Iordanes Getarum, MGH Auct. ant. V.1, p. 77.

[284] Gregory of Tours III.31, p. 187.

[285] Gregory of Tours III.31, pp. 187-8.

[286] Procopius, Vol. II, De Bello Gothico I.2, p. 12.

[287] Wolfram (1998), p. 312.

[288] Jordanes, LIX, p. 51.

[289] Iordanes Getarum, MGH Auct. ant. V.1, p. 77 and 123.

[290] Cassiodori Senatoris Chronica 515, MGH Auct. ant. XI, p. 159.

[291] Wolfram (1998), p. 328.

[292] Wolfram (1998), p. 521 footnote 490.

[293] Iordanes Getarum, MGH Auct. ant. V.1, p. 77.

[294] Procopius, Vol. II, De Bello Gothico I.2, p. 12.

[295] Marii Episcopi Aventicensis Chronica 526, MGH Auct. ant. XI, p. 235.

[296] Iordanes Romanorum, MGH Auct. ant. V.1, p. 48.

[297] Iordanes Getarum, MGH Auct. ant. V.1, pp. 77 and 123.

[298] Procopius, Vol. II, De Bello Gothico I.11, p. 61.

[299] Procopius, Vol. II, De Bello Gothico III.39, p. 447.

[300] Iordanes Getarum, MGH Auct. ant. V.1, p. 131.

[301] Procopius, Vol. II, De Bello Gothico I.12, p. 65.

[302] Date estimated on the basis of the marriage taking place soon after King Theoderic came to Italy, which is suggested by Iordanes.

[303] Iordanes Getarum, MGH Auct. ant. V.1, p. 131.

[304] Settipani, C. and Kerrebrouck, P. van (1993) La préhistoire des Capétiens 481-987, 1ère partie, Mérovingiens, Carolingiens et Robertiens (Villeneuve d'Ascq), p. 61, footnote 97.

[305] Wolfram (1998), p. 311.

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From the German Wikipedia page on Audofleda (Source / Forrás):

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audofleda

Audofleda (* um 470; † nach 526) war die Tochter des Merowingers Childerich I. und der Basena von Thüringen und die Schwester des späteren Königs Chlodwig I. und der Lantechild.

Sie heiratete 493 den Ostgotenkönig Theoderich den Großen. Diese Ehe war Teil des machtpolitischen Systems Theoderichs gegen Ostrom. Einziges Kind dieser Ehe war Amalasuntha, die nach Theoderichs Tod 526 die Geschicke Italiens für einige Jahre bestimmte.

Amalasuntha soll um 530 mit dem Sklaven Traguila durchgebrannt sein. Ihre Mutter Audofleda schickte ein Heer. Traguilanis wurde getötet und Amalasuntha an den Hof zurückgebracht. Bald darauf soll Amalasuntha ihre Mutter vergiftet haben.[1]

Quellen

Gregor von Tours, Historiae (Zehn Bücher Geschichten), Buch III, Kap.31

Weblinks

Gregory of Tours, History of the Franks Book III Chap.31 (englisch)

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/gregory-hist.html#book2

Einzelnachweise

1. ↑ Historiae, Buch III, Kap.31

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From the English Wikipedia page on Audofleda:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audofleda

Audofleda was the sister of Clovis I, King of the Franks.

She married Theodoric the Great, King of the Ostrogoths (471-526), around 493 AD (exact date unknown).[1] Theodoric sent an embassy to Clovis to request the marriage.[2] This political move allied Theodoric with the Franks, and by marrying his daughters off to the kings of the Burgundians, the Vandals, and the Visigoths, he allied himself with every major 'Barbarian' kingdom in the West.

Theodoric and Audofleda had one daughter, Amalasuntha, who was married to Eutharic and had one daughter and one son; Amalasuntha then ruled as Regent/Queen of the Ostrogoths from 526-34.

Audofleda was a pagan prior to her marriage, and was baptised at the time of her wedding by an Arian bishop.[2]

Sources

1.^ CW Previte-orton. The Shorter Cambridge Medieval History. Cambridge: University Press. 1966.

2. ^ A History of Early Medieval Europe 476-911 by Margaret Deanesly, Methuen 1960 page 41

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From Jordanes' Getica, on Boudicca's Bard:

http://www.boudicca.de/jordanes4-e.htm

(295) Theodoric first granted it and afterwards deprived him of his life. It was in the third year after his entrance into Italy, as we have said, that Theodoric, by advice of the Emperor Zeno, laid aside the garb of a private citizen and the dress of his race and assumed a costume with a royal mantle, as he had now become the ruler over both Goths and Romans. He sent an embassy to Lodoin, king of the Franks, and asked for his daughter Audefleda in marriage.

(296) Lodoin freely and gladly gave her, and also his sons Celdebert and Heldebert and Thiudebert, believing that by this alliance a league would be formed and that they would be associated with the race of the Goths. But that union was of no avail for peace and harmony, for they fought fiercely with each other again and again for the lands of the Goths; but never did the Goths yield to the Franks while Theodoric lived.

LVIII

(297) Now before he had a child from Audefleda, Theodoric had children of a concubine, daughters begotten in Moesia, one named Thiudigoto and another Ostrogotho. Soon after he came to Italy, he gave them in marriage to neighboring kings, one to Alaric, king of the Visigoths, and the other to Sigismund, king of the Burgundians.

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From "People and Identity in Ostrogothic Italy, 489-554" by Patrick Amory:

http://books.google.com/books?id=7ndeDi_fwq0C&pg=PA450&vq=eusebia&dq=people+and+identity+in+ostrogothic+italy+%22489+554%22&sig=JutSxo0EK4syKdIKGPleEbqBv5s#v=onepage&q=eusebia&f=false

Audefleda (=PLRE2)

The wife of Theodoric and mother of Amalasuintha; her predecessor possibly only a concubine (Anonyma 1). She was the sister of Clovis, therefore a Frank by birth (AV 63: "de Francis"). It would be useful to know when she married Theodoric in order to determine her religion (since her brother converted to Catholicism in 497 or 506). But it must have been before the Laurentian schism began in 498 (from the order of events around AV64, which mentions the marriage). Moorhead, "Theodoric", pp 51-52, suggests 493 or shortly thereafter. The question therefore remains open: she could have arrived in Italy as a pagan. Gregory of Tours states that she and her daughters were Arian (Hist. 3-31), claiming that Amalasuintha poisoned her mother, in a story that is highly suspect (related to the slave Triwila or Traguila). On other matters, see PLRE 2: 185.

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From "The History of Baptism" page 375, On Aspersion:

http://www.archive.org/stream/MN41874ucmf_0#page/n377/mode/1up/search/Audofledis

When it became the fashion to erect baptisteries, the practice of consecration was introduced, and a very solemn ceremony it was. Early in the morning of the Saturday before Easter Day [9] and Whitsunday, and in some places of the Epiphany, divine service was performed in the church, and infants and Catechumens were prepared for baptism in an adjoining chapel. At a fixed time, the bishop in proper habits, preceded by a procession of clergy and the children of the choir singing, went to the baptistery, which was at some distance from the church. It is particularly remarked by Roman historians that baptisteries were not adjoined to churches til the year 496, and then they stood without the church [1]. The first of this kind was prepared for the baptism of Clovis, King of France (sic), who with his sister Audofledis was dipped three times by the hand of Remigius.

(Ben M. Angel notes, other sources indicate that their baptisms took place in separate locations, with Audofledis being baptized in Ravenna, and not in Tornai. But if the dates referenced to the "Ordo Romanus Ord. de sabbato sancto" are in fact meaningful to her date of baptism - which coincided with her date of marriage - it could provide clues as to her actual wedding date in 492: that year, the Saturdays before Easter and Whitsunday were April 5 and May 24, respectively, while the Saturday before the Epiphany was January 4.)

References:

[9] Ordo Romanus Ord. de sabbato sancto - Rabani Mauri "De instit. clericor" Lib. i. Cap. xxviii. Post haec cosecratur fons, et ad ipsum baptismum catechumenus accedit, et sic in nomine sanctae trinitatis trina submersione baptizur.

[1] Joan. Bapt. Casalii de veter. Christian. Cap v. De Baptismo.

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Ben M. Angel notes: Although not specifically mentioned as her death location, the activities of her husband in Ravenna, including the construction of a palace and such, would lead me to support the hypothesis that she died there. Source, "Ravenna in Late Antiquity" by Deborah Mauskopf Deliyannis:

http://books.google.cl/books?id=YSLi46ZIEHoC&pg=PA109&lpg=PA109&dq=Audofleda+Ravenna&source=bl&ots=TnrIZvCrJ6&sig=V6hKF1xCc4PExlhGJlIi5LOyUrM&hl=es&ei=_T7nTOvxHsH88Ab69Py1DQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBUQ6AEwADgK#v=onepage&q=Audofleda%20Ravenna&f=false

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Family and Issue

Theodoric was married once.

He had a concubine in Moesia, name unknown, and had two daughters:

Theodegotha (ca. 473 – ?). In 494, she was married to Alaric II as a part of her father's alliance with the Visigoths.

Ostrogotha or Arevagni (ca. 475 – ?). In 494 or 496, she was married to the king Sigismund of Burgundy as a part of her father's alliance with the Burgundians.

Married to Audofleda in 493 and had one daughter:

Amalasuntha, Queen of the Goths. She was married to Eutharic and had two children: Athalaric and Matasuentha (the latter being married to Witiges first, then, after Witiges' death, married to Germanus Justinus, neither had children). Any hope for a reconciliation between the Goths and the Romans in the person of a Gotho-Roman Emperor from this family lineage was shattered.

After his death in Ravenna in 526, Theodoric was succeeded by his grandson Athalaric. Athalaric was at first represented by his mother Amalasuntha, who was a regent queen from 526 until 534. The kingdom of the Ostrogoths, however, began to wane and was conquered by Justinian I starting after the rebellion of 535 and finally ending in 553 with the Battle of Mons Lactarius.

Source: Wikipedia, Google.

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Father: Childeric I of France Disc #111 Pin #354270

Mother: Basina of Thuringia Disc #111 Pin #354271

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Spouse: Theodoric "the Great" Ostrogoths Disc #111 Pin #361261

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Her ancestry is continued elsewhere on this tree. Andelfieda's father was Childeric I Franks and her mother was Basina Thuringia. Her paternal grandparents were Maerovaee Franks and Chlodeswinthe Franks. She had a brother named The Great. She was the older of the two children.
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Dates

Birth: abt 0452 Westphalia, Germany

Birth: abt 0452 Rheims, Marne, Loire-Atlantique, France

Christening: 25 Dec 0535 Ravenna, Italy

Death: 30 Apr 0535 Ravenna, Italy

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irmã de Clovis I

Audofleda
Born: ?
Died: 526
Father: Childeric I, King of the Salian Franks
Mother: Basina
Married (1): Theodoric the Great, King of the Ostrogoths
Children:
Amalasuntha

Audofleda was the sister of Clovis who married Theodoric the Great, Kingof the Ostrogoths. Their daughter, Amalasuntha, was a foolish girl whomarried a slave named Traguilla. Audofleda, who wanted her to marry theson of a king, dragged her home and married her to Eutheric. Audofledadied the same year as her husband, 526.

Source: http://www.ghg.net/shetler/oldimp/011.html

Gift i 493 med Théodoric, konge til Wisigotherne.

With this marriage Theodoric cemented his link with all the gothic tribes,

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SOURCE NOTES:
Jordanes; http://www.art-science.com/Ken/Genealogy/PD/ch44_Later_Goths.html
http://www.art-science.com/Ken/Genealogy/PD/ch49_Charlemagne.html
http://www.art-science.com/Ken/Genealogy/PD/ch46_Clovis.html

Andelfieda's birth and christening dates were listed as 496, but I think 466 was meant.

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