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| Anthyrius I, King of the Heruli on the East Sea (b about 380 a 320BCE | The Heruli (spelled variously in Latin and
Greek were a nomadic Germanic people, who were subjugated by the Ostrogoths,
Huns, and Byzantines in the 3rd to 5th centuries. The name is related to
earl (see erilaz and was probably an honorific military title. One of the
Heruli, Odoacer the commander of the Imperial foederati troops, deposed
the last Western Roman Emperor, Romulus Augustus.
The 6th century chronicler Jordanes reports a tradition that they had been driven out of their homeland by the Dani, which places their origins in the Danish isles or southernmost Sweden. According to Procopius, they maintained close links with their kinsmen in Thule (Scandinavia. He relates that the Heruls killed their own king during their stay in the Balkans (cf. Domalde, and that they sent an emissary to Thule requesting a new king. Their request was granted, and a new king arrived with 200 young men. The Heruls are first mentioned by Roman writers in the reign of Gallienus (260-268, when they accompanied the Goths ravaging the coasts of the Black Sea and the Aegean. The mixed warbands sacked Byzantium in 267, but their eastern contingent was decimated in the Balkans at the Battle of Naissus two years later. A western contingent of Heruli are mentioned at the mouth of the Rhine in 289. |
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| m. Symbulla, a Gothic Princess | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1. | ?? | ||||||||||||||||||
| ROYL shows Anthyrius as father of Anaras but the dates suggest about 3 interintermediate generations: b about 320, b about 290, b about 260. Even | |||||||||||||||||||
| A. | ?? | ||||||||||||||||||
| i. | Anaras, King of the Heruli b about 230 BCd 171BC | ||||||||||||||||||
| m. Duitlada, a Sarmatian | |||||||||||||||||||
| a. | about 2 intermediate generations b 200 BC, b 170 BC | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Alinar, King of the Heruli b about 140 d 96BCE | ||||||||||||||||||
| m. Ida of the island Rugan | |||||||||||||||||||
| A | Anthyrius II, King of the Heruli b about 90 BC d 34BCE | ||||||||||||||||||
| m. Mary of Jutland | |||||||||||||||||||
| i | Hatterus, King of the Heruli b about b about 50 BC d 35AD | ||||||||||||||||||
| m. Judith of Finland | |||||||||||||||||||
| The shield pattern of the Heruli seniores,
a Late Roman military unit composed of Heruli. By the end of the 4th century
the Heruls were subjugated by the Ostrogoths. When the Ostrogothic kingdom
of Ermanaric was destroyed by the Huns in about 375, the Heruls became
subject to the Hunnic empire. Only after the fall of the Hunnic realm in
454, were the Heruls able to create their own kingdom in southern Slovakia
at the March and Theiss rivers.
After this kingdom was destroyed by the Langobards, Herulian fortunes waned . Remaining Heruls joined the Langobards and moved to Italy, and some of them sought refuge with the Gepids. Marcellinus comes recorded that the Romans (meaning the East Romans or in modern naming the Byzantines allowed them to resettle depopulated "lands and cities" near Singidunum (modern Belgrade; this was done "by order of Anastasius Caesar" sometime between June 29 and August 31, 512. After one generation, this minor federate kingdom disappeared from the historical records. Records indicate that the Heruli served in the armies of the Byzantine emperors for a number of years, in particular in the campaigns of Belisarius, when much of the old Roman territory, including Italy, Syria, and North Africa was recaptured. Pharus was a notable Herulian commander during this period. Several thousand Heruli served in the personal guard of Belisarius throughout the campaigns. They disappear from historical record by the mid-6th century. |
a | Visislaus I, King of the Heruli b about 1 AD d 91 AD | |||||||||||||||||
| m Ciburnia of Norway | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Vitislaus, King of the Heruli b about 50 AD d 127 AD | ||||||||||||||||||
| m Anarnia of Gothland | |||||||||||||||||||
| A | Alaric I, King of the Heruli b about 90 AD d 162 AD | ||||||||||||||||||
| m Bretta of Coln | |||||||||||||||||||
| i | Dieteric, King of the Heruli d 201 | ||||||||||||||||||
| m. Diana of Triess | |||||||||||||||||||
| a | Temeric, King of the Heruli d 237 | ||||||||||||||||||
| m Ligonna, a Thuringian princess | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Alberic I, King of the Heruli d 292 | ||||||||||||||||||
| A | Wisimar, King of the Heruli d 292? - continued below | ||||||||||||||||||
| m. Amalasunto, a Saxon princess | |||||||||||||||||||
| Wisimar, King of the Heruli d 292? - continued above | |||||||||||||||||||
| m. Amalasunto, a Saxon princess | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1. | Miesiclaus I, King of the Heruli d 388 | ||||||||||||||||||
| A. | Radagraisus, King of the Vandals d 405, to Italy | ||||||||||||||||||
| m. Celia | |||||||||||||||||||
| i. | Corisco, King of the Vandals invaded Gaul | ||||||||||||||||||
| m. Flora | |||||||||||||||||||
| a. | Fredebold | ||||||||||||||||||
| b. | Gundericus, King of the Vandals d 421, to Spain | ||||||||||||||||||
| m. ?Elisa of Granada | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Gensericus, King of the Vandals d 477, plundered Carthage and Rome After he had returned to Carthage, Gaiseric gave the younger Eudocia, a maiden, the daughter of the empress Eudoxia, to his son Huneric in marriage, and he held them both, the mother and the daughter, in great honor "(Chron. 366 ).The reports are contradictory here | ||||||||||||||||||
| m?2. Lucinia Eudoxia dau of Theodosiius II, Eastern Roman Emperor and Aelia Audocia and widow of Emperor Valentinian III She summoned Gensericus/ Gaiseric to avenge the murder of Valentinian by Maximus, whose wife was raped by Valentinian. | |||||||||||||||||||
| A | ?Huneric/Visislaus I son by first marriage m Eudocia dau of Lucinia and Valentinian see above parents of ... | ||||||||||||||||||
| A | Visislaus II/Alaric, King of the Vandals d 486 | ||||||||||||||||||
| m. Adella of Saxony | |||||||||||||||||||
| i | Alaric II, King of the Vandals d 507 | ||||||||||||||||||
| m. Theodora of Burgundia | |||||||||||||||||||
| a | Alberic III, King of the Vandals d 526 | ||||||||||||||||||
| m. Sirissa Princess of Sarmatia | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | John, King of the Vandals d 566 | ||||||||||||||||||
| m. Euphemia of Norway | |||||||||||||||||||
| A | Radagaisus, King of the Vandals d 613 | ||||||||||||||||||
| m. Gubertina of Granada | |||||||||||||||||||
| i | Visislaus, King of the Wenden /?Obotrites d 692
m Hagiza of Jutland |
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| a | ?Aribert I of Obotries King 700 - 724 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | ?Aribert II of Obotrites King 724 - 747 | ||||||||||||||||||
| A | |||||||||||||||||||
| Obodrites, Abotrites, or Abodrites, were a confederation of medieval West Slavic tribes within the territory of modern Mecklenburg and Holstein in northern Germany (see Polabian Slavs). For decades they were allies of Charlemagne in his wars against Germanic Saxons and Slavic Veleti. In 798 the Obodrites, ruled by prince Dro?ko, or Draško (Thrasco, orig.), defeated Saxons in the battle on Swentana river. The still heathen Saxons were dispersed by the emperor, and the part of their former land in Holstein north of Elbe was awarded to the Obotrites in 804, as a reward for their victory. This however was soon reverted through an invasion of the Danes. |
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| b | Dobrogera of the OBOTRITES
?m Dietrich King of Saxons |
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| The exact relationship between these princes of the Obotrites is yet unkown, but presumably some were brothers or cousins and some sons of their predecessors | |||||||||||||||||||
| Aribert, King of the Wenden - continued above | |||||||||||||||||||
| m. Hildegard sister of Empress Sofonda; | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1. | ?Visislaus II 747-795 succeeded by Drozko 795 to 808 succeeded by Slavomir 810 to 818 succeeded by ?Selibur | ||||||||||||||||||
| A. | ?Nakon reigned 954 to 966 an Obotrite leader who, along with his brother Stoignew, led the forces of a Slavic confederacy in a revolt against the Germans, especially Herman Billung, Duke of Saxony.In 955 Nako and Stoignew were defeated at the Battle of Recknitz by Otto I of Germany. While Stoignew was beheaded, Nako probably accepted Christianity, because there followed roughly thirty years of peace, during which, according to Adam of Bremen, the Slavs were Christian. Nako and his successors, the Nakonids, resided in a "ringwall" of fortresses: Mecklenburg, Starigard, Liubice, and Lenzen (Lunkini). When the Sephardic geographer Abraham ben Jacob travelled through the territory, he referred to Mecklenburg, Nako's principal palace, as "Nako's castle."He was succeeded by his sons Mstivoj and Mstidrag, but they abandoned Christianity and revolted against the Germans again. | ||||||||||||||||||
| i. | Mistevojus I Billung, Prince of the Wenden 966 - 995 In 983, the brothers were leaders of the great Slavic revolt, which German historiography labels the Slawenaufstand, which followed news of the Emperor Otto II's defeat at the Battle of Stilo. He raided far to the west and even destroyed the relatively new city of Hamburg that year. There are two accounts of his life and his reasons for abandoning Christianity. According to Adam of Bremen: A Slavic prince named Billung married the beautiful sister of Bishop Wago of Starigard and had with her a daughter Hodica and a son Mstislaw, whom he, taking advantage of his jealousy of the Saxons, goaded into hatred of Christianity and his mother until, having so offended his wife, he began to connive against Christianity and the bishops. According to Helmold: Duke Herman Billung [actually Duke Bernard I] promised a niece of his to Mstivoj [or Mstivoj requested] if he accompanied him on campaign to Italy. That Mstivoj did and upon returning reminded him of the promise. Then Dietrich of Haldensleben proclaimed that "the high-born niece of a great prince may not be given to a dog," whereupon Mstivoj, recruiting the Liutizi to aid him, devastated Nordalbingia with fire and sword. Helmold also justifies the Slavic rebellion repeatedly by citing the excessive greed of the Saxons. Mstivoj's daughter of Tore (or Tofa), Tove of the Obotrites, married Harald Bluetooth and raised the Sønder Vissing Runestone in memory of her mother. He also had two sons, Mstislaw and Udo, the former being confused often with his similarly named father and the latter succeeding his brother in a divided Wendish-Obodrite leadership. | ||||||||||||||||||
| a. | Miecislaus II, Prince of the Wenden d 999 reigned 919 to 999 | ||||||||||||||||||
| m. Sophia of Hungary | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Mistevojus III, Prince of the Wenden d 1025 reigned 996 to 1018 | ||||||||||||||||||
| m1. Margaret cousin of Emperor Henry Auceps | |||||||||||||||||||
| m2. Mechtild sister of Bernard, Duke of Saxony | |||||||||||||||||||
| Not known which wife was mother of ... | |||||||||||||||||||
| A | Andrachus, Prince of the Wenden d 1025 | ||||||||||||||||||
| B | Udo of the Wenden d 1032 reigned 1018 to 1028 born Pribignev (also Pribignew or Pribygnev), was an Obodrite leader in the early eleventh century. His name Udo, of Germanic origin, was probably given him at his Christian baptism, perhaps after his possible godfather, Lothair Udo I of Stade. His father, Mistiwoi, had abandoned Christianity.Since two contemporary Obodrite princes are recorded, Anadrag (Anatrog) and Gneus (Gnew), Udo's power could not have been that extensive. According to Adam of Bremen and Helmold following him, Udo as a male Christianus ("bad Christian"). He was assassinated in 1028 by a Saxon, allegedly for cruelty. By his wife, a Dane, Udo left a son, Gottschalk, who later united the Obodrites under him and became a champion of Christianity. | ||||||||||||||||||
| i | Godeschalcus, Prince of the Wenden d 1066 | ||||||||||||||||||
| m1. Symbolla dau of Miecislaus II, King of Poland | |||||||||||||||||||
| m2. Syritha dau of Suevus II, King of Denmark | |||||||||||||||||||
| Not known which wife was mother of ... | |||||||||||||||||||
| a | Bruno, Prince of the Wenden d 1075 | ||||||||||||||||||
| m. Hildegard, a Saxon | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Pribislaus, Prince of the Wenden d 1142 | ||||||||||||||||||
| m. Yetrilla of Norway | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Niclotus, Prince of the Wenden d 1158/60 |
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| m. Amelia of Sweden |
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| b | Henry, Prince of the Wenden d 1127 | ||||||||||||||||||
| m. Vlavina | |||||||||||||||||||
| C | Ratiborus reigned 1028 to 1043 succeeded by Gottschalk 1043 to 1066 succeeded by Budivoj r 1066 to 1075 | ||||||||||||||||||
| D | Rugiolaus in Pomerania | ||||||||||||||||||
| i | Swantiborius or Swantepolk, Duke of Pomerania d 1107/22 |
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| 2 | Mazzardarus | ||||||||||||||||||
| b. | Hodica of the Wenden | ||||||||||||||||||
| m. Boleslaus I, King of Poland d 1025 | |||||||||||||||||||
| c.+ | other issue - Raccon, Sidericus | ||||||||||||||||||
Sources: ROYL tables CXXXVIII As always when ROYL
is the main source, the above is likely to contain typographical errors
because the data has been taken from hand-written rushed notes taken from
a source that was difficult to read.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obotrites
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heruli
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