*Genseric King of the Vandals in Spain (428-477)
died in 0477
father:
*Gonderic
King of the Vandals
died 0426
mother:
*Elisa of Granada
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siblings:
*Gelimer
spouse:
unknown
children:
*Huneric
King of theVandals (477-484)
biographical and/or anecdotal:
Called
"The Rod of God," Vandal King of Spain in 419. He invaded Africa and conquered
Carthage in 437, plundered Rome in 456, doing irreparable damage to monuments and
sculptures. So reckless were they that to this day we speak of the wanton destruction
of property as vandalism, yet he promised to spare the city from fire and the people
from massacre, and he kept his word. He died in 477, having married (2) *Eudoxia
the Elder, widow of *Valentinian III, whom in
battle he captured with her daughter, *Eudoxia.
He married Eudoxia the Elder as his second wife and the younger he married to his
son, *Huneric. By his first wife, name unknown,
he had *Huneric.
notes or source:
HBJ