Theudigisel
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Theudigisel (or Theudegisel) (in Latin Theudigisclus and in Spanish, Galician and Portuguese Teudiselo, Teudigiselo, or Teudisclo), ( 500 – December 549) was king of the Visigoths in Hispania and Septimania (548–549). Some Visigothic king lists skip Theudigisel, as well as Agila I, going directly from Theudis to Athanagild.
Key facts
- Royalty.succession
- King of the Visigoths
- Royalty.reign
- June 548 – December 549
- Royalty.predecessor
- Theudis
- Royalty.successor
- Agila I
- Royalty.birth_date
- 500
- Royalty.death_date
- December 549 (aged 49)
- Royalty.father
- Theodahad
- Royalty.religion
- Arianism
- Royalty.dynasty
- Amali
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Theudigisel (or Theudegisel) (in Latin Theudigisclus and in Spanish, Galician and Portuguese Teudiselo, Teudigiselo, or Teudisclo), ( 500 – December 549) was king of the Visigoths in Hispania and Septimania (548–549). Some Visigothic king lists skip Theudigisel, as well as Agila I, going directly from Theudis to Athanagild.
==Biography== Theudigisel was a leading Ostrogoth general during the reign of Theudis (531–548), and was attested as the last member of the House of Theodoric, being the son of Theodahad (535–536) & grandnephew of Theodoric the Great. He had repelled the Franks from Spain after their invasion of 541, cutting them off in the pass of Valcarlos, but accepted a bribe to allow them to return to home. Years later, when Theudis was murdered by a disgruntled servant, Theudigisel had managed to make himself King of Visigoths shortly after his Predecessors death. He ruled from June 548 – December 549.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Theudigisel” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.