Aioulf
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thumb|Dominions of the Suebian monarchy and extension of the kingdom of Galicia in the 5th century. Aioulf or Ag(r)iwulf (died June 457) was an obscure king of Galicia from 456. In 448, after eight years in captivity, the Roman ambassador Censorius was executed by one Agiulf at Seville (Hispalis). This Agiulf has sometimes been identified with Aioulf. thumb|Timeline of the Suebic Kings According to the local and contemporary chronicler Hydatius, after the sack of Braga and the execution of Rechiar, the previous Suevic king, by the Visigoths, the Gothic king, Theodoric II, led his army south in
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- Royalty.reign
- 456–457
- Royalty.name
- Aioulf
- Royalty.title
- King of the Suevi
- Royalty.predecessor
- Rechiar
- Royalty.successor
- RemismundMaldras
- Royalty.death_date
- June 457
- Royalty.death_place
- Porto
- Royalty.type
- monarch
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- date of death
- 0457-01-01
- date of birth
- 0401-00-00
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thumb|Dominions of the Suebian monarchy and extension of the kingdom of Galicia in the 5th century. Aioulf or Ag(r)iwulf (died June 457) was an obscure king of Galicia from 456. In 448, after eight years in captivity, the Roman ambassador Censorius was executed by one Agiulf at Seville (Hispalis). This Agiulf has sometimes been identified with Aioulf. thumb|Timeline of the Suebic Kings According to the local and contemporary chronicler Hydatius, after the sack of Braga and the execution of Rechiar, the previous Suevic king, by the Visigoths, the Gothic king, Theodoric II, led his army south into Lusitania while one of his commanders, Aioulf, deserted him and remained behind in Galicia hoping to make himself king of the Sueves there.
However, the later, Pannonian historian Jordanes records that Aioulf was a Warnic cliens (retainer) of Theodoric appointed by the king to administer the Suevi and who, being provoked by the Suevi themselves, sought to make himself king but was defeated by Theodoric's army in the first engagement, captured, and executed in Porto in June 457.