Theodemir king of the Ostrogoths [61828]

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Theodemir was king of the Ostrogoths of the Amal Dynasty , and father of Theodoric the Great . He had an elder brother named Walamir and a younger named Widimir . Theodemir was Arian , while his wife Erelieva was Catholic . He took over the three Pannonian Goth empires after the death of Widimir, ruled jointly with his brothers Walamir and Widimir , and was a vassal of Attila the Hun . The reason is probably that this relatively long reign of the Ostrogoths in Pannonia, while his elder brother Thiudimir only for four years on the throne, followed by Theodoric, and the first in which erbenlosen Walamir part beerbte kingdom. He was married to Erelieva , with whom he had two children: Theodoric (454-526) and Amalafrida . When Theodemir died in 474, Theodoric succeeded him as king.

Theodemir married Ereleuva [61829] [MRIN: 551617832].