Goiaric. Gesalec's rule was dealt a decisive blow when the Burgundians, led by their king Gundobad, captured and plundered Narbonne, his capital. Gesalec fled...
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an army, led by his sword-bearer Theudis, against Gesalec, ostensibly on behalf of Amalaric; Gesalec fled to Africa. The Ostrogoths then drove back the...
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his eldest son, the illegitimate Gesalec, and his younger son, the legitimate Amalaric who was still a child. Gesalec proved incompetent, and in 511 King...
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Gesalec took power until he was deposed by Theodoric the Great, ruler of the Ostrogothic Kingdom, who invaded and defeated him at Barcelona. Gesalec fled...
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Ostrogothic king Theoderic the Great intervened to depose the Balt king Gesalec. He ruled himself until his death in 526, when Amalaric succeeded him....
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southwestern part of France and to capture Toulouse. Alaric's illegitimate son Gesalec tried to organise a counterstrike at Narbonne, but he was deposed and ultimately...
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Athalaric King of the Visigoths Reign 511 – 30 August 526 Predecessor Gesalec Successor Amalaric Born 454 near Carnuntum (now in Lower Austria), Western...
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Saint-Vigor-le-Grand (Normandy). An Ding Wang, emperor of Northern Wei (d. 532) Gesalec, king of the Visigoths (approximate date) Shen Yue, Chinese historian and...
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Septimania (Southern Gaul). Clovis annexes Aquitania, and captures Toulouse. Gesalec succeeds his father Alaric II as king of the Visigoths. He establishes...
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Vouillé and the child-king Amalaric was carried for safety into Iberia while Gesalec was elected to replace him and rule from Narbonne. Clovis, his son Theuderic...
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