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Gesalic (; ; ; ; – 513), was a king of the Visigoths from 507 to 511, and died in 513.

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Royalty.succession
King of the Visigoths
Royalty.reign
August 507 – 511
Royalty.predecessor
Alaric II
Royalty.successor
Theodoric the Great
Royalty.birth_date
480
Royalty.death_date
513 (aged 33)
Royalty.father
Alaric II
Royalty.religion
Arian Christianity

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Gesalic (; ; ; ; – 513), was a king of the Visigoths from 507 to 511, and died in 513.

==Biography== Although the illegitimate son of Alaric II, he had been elected king by the Visigoths after Alaric had been killed in battle by the Franks. Alaric's only legitimate son, Amalaric, was a child and too young to rule.

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