Valamir
Sign in to saveValamir or Valamer ( – 469) was an Ostrogothic king in the former Roman province of Pannonia from AD 447 until his death. During his reign, he fought alongside the Huns against the Roman Empire and then, after Attila the Hun's death, fought against the Huns to consolidate his independent control over a large group of Goths.
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- Officeholder.name
- Valamir
- Officeholder.office
- King of the Ostrogoths
- Officeholder.term
- 447–469
- Officeholder.birth_date
- 420
- Officeholder.birth_place
- Hunnic Empire
- Officeholder.death_date
- 469 (aged approx. 49)
- Officeholder.death_place
- Near present day Hungary
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- date of death
- 0465-00-00
- date of birth
- 0420-00-00
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Valamir or Valamer ( – 469) was an Ostrogothic king in the former Roman province of Pannonia from AD 447 until his death. During his reign, he fought alongside the Huns against the Roman Empire and then, after Attila the Hun's death, fought against the Huns to consolidate his independent control over a large group of Goths.
Valamir was the son of Vandalarius and cousin to king Thorismund. An important and trusted vassal of Attila the Hun, Valamir participated in Attila's raids of the provinces of the Danube (447), and commanded an Ostrogothic contingent of Attila's force at the Battle of Chalons. After Attila's death (453), Valamir, by force and diplomacy, became the leader of the large grouping of Goths who were settled by the Emperor Marcian in Pannonia. In the subsequent fight for independence from the Huns from 456 to 457, Valamir defeated the sons of Attila.