Godigisel

Godigisel (often also Godegisel ; † probably 406 ) was a king of the Vandals ( Vandals ) from the tribe of Hasdingen .

Under his rule, the Vandals began to move west around 400, presumably under pressure from the Huns , and eventually invade the Western Roman Empire . During this time parts of the Vandal Silingen joined the Hasdingen . Shortly before crossing the Rhine at the turn of the year 406/407 (see Rhine crossing from 406 ), there was a fight between the Hasdingen and Frankish warriors, who probably opposed the vandals as Roman federates . In this battle, which was extremely costly for the Vandals, Godigisel was also killed, the Hasdingen were only saved by a troop of Alans under Respendial .

Godigisel's successor was his eldest surviving son, Gunderich , who led the Vandals across the Rhine to Gaul and 409 to Hispania. His successor, Geiserich , under whom the Vandal Empire in North Africa rose to become the most powerful sea power in the western Mediterranean, was an illegitimate son of Godigisel.

literature

Helmut Castritius : The Vandals. Stages of a search for traces (= Urban Pocket Books 605). Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-17-018870-9 .

Remarks

^ Renatus Profuturus Frigeridus , Historia , received as an excerpt from Gregory of Tours ( Historiae II 9). Frigeridus speaks of allegedly 20,000 dead vandals, which is certainly an exaggeration, but indicates the extent of the vandal defeat.

predecessor	Office	successor
unknown	King of the Vandals ? –406	Gunderich

personal data
SURNAME	Godigisel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Godegisel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	King of the Vandals
DATE OF BIRTH	4th century
DATE OF DEATH	406

[1] Renatus Profuturus Frigeridus , Historia , received as an excerpt from Gregory of Tours ( Historiae II 9). Frigeridus speaks of allegedly 20,000 dead vandals, which is certainly an exaggeration, but indicates the extent of the vandal defeat.