Dengizich
Sign in to saveDengizich (died in 469), was a Hunnic ruler and son of Attila. After Attila's death in 453 AD, his empire crumbled and its remains were ruled by his three sons, Ellac, Dengizich and Ernak. Dengizich succeeded his older brother Ellac in AD 454, and probably ruled simultaneously over the Huns in dual kingship with his brother Ernak, but separate divisions in separate lands.
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- Royalty.name
- Dengizich
- Royalty.succession
- King of the Huns (co-rulership)
- Royalty.reign
- 454–469
- Royalty.predecessor
- Ellac
- Royalty.successor
- Ernak
- Royalty.birth_date
- 5th century
- Royalty.birth_place
- Pannonia
- Royalty.death_date
- 469
- Royalty.death_place
- Pannonia
- Royalty.dynasty
- Attilid
- Royalty.father
- Attila
- Royalty.mother
- Kreka
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- date of death
- 0469-01-01
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Dengizich (died in 469), was a Hunnic ruler and son of Attila. After Attila's death in 453 AD, his empire crumbled and its remains were ruled by his three sons, Ellac, Dengizich and Ernak. Dengizich succeeded his older brother Ellac in AD 454, and probably ruled simultaneously over the Huns in dual kingship with his brother Ernak, but separate divisions in separate lands.
==Etymology== The name recorded as Δεγγιζίχ (De(n)gizikh) by Priscus has abbreviated variant Διν[γι]ζι (Din(gi)zi) in Chronicon Paschale, Den(git)zic by Marcellinus Comes, and Din(gi)tzic by Jordanes. Din(t)zic and Denzic render a Germanic pronunciation *Denitsik, with the frequent dropping of "g". Otto Maenchen-Helfen considered it a derivation from Turkic *Däŋiziq, meaning "little lake". Omeljan Pritsak considered the reconstructed form deŋir + čig > deŋičig, with the meaning "ocean-like".