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