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Personal data King Alarico II of the Visigoths 

• He was born in the year 458 in Toledo, Spain.
• He died in the year 507 in Battle of Vouillé, Vendee, Pays de la Loire, France, he was 49 years old.
• A child of Eurico of the Visigoths and Ragnahilde

Household of King Alarico II of the Visigoths

He is married to Theodegotha of Verona.

They got married

Child(ren):

1. Amalaric of the Visigoths  ????-± 531 

Notes about King Alarico II of the Visigoths

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaric_II

 

Alaric II (c. 458/466 – August 507) — from Gothic: *Alareiks II, also known as Alarik, Alarich, and Alarico in Spanish and Portuguese or Alaricus in Latin — succeeded his father Euric as king of the Visigoths in Toulouse on December 28, 484.^[1] He established his capital at Aire-sur-l'Adour (Vicus Julii) in Aquitaine. His dominions included not only the majority of Hispania (excluding its northwestern corner) but also Gallia Aquitania ;and the greater part of an as-yet undivided Gallia Narbonensis.

In religion Alaric was an Arian, like all the early Visigothic nobles, but he greatly mitigated the persecution policy of his father Euric toward the Catholics and authorized them to hold in 506 the council of Agde. He was on uneasy terms with the Catholic bishops of Arelate (modern Arles) as epitomized in the career of the Frankish Caesarius, bishop of Arles, who was appointed bishop in 503. Caesarius was suspected of conspiring with the Burgundians, whose king had married the sister of Clovis, to assist the Burgundians capture Arles. Alaric exiled him for a year to Bordeaux in Aquitania, then allowed him to return unharmed when the crisis had passed.^[12]

Alaric displayed similar wisdom in political affairs by appointing a commission headed by the referendary Anianus to prepare an abstract of the Roman laws and imperial decrees, which would form the authoritative code for his Roman subjects. This is generally known as the Breviarium Alaricianum or Breviary of Alaric.

The Montagne d'Alaric (Alaric's Mountain) near Carcassonne is named after the Visigoth king.^[13] Local rumour has it that he left a vast treasure buried in the caves beneath the mountain.^[14]

The Canal d'Alaric (Alaric's Canal) in the Hautes-Pyréné;es department is named after him.

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