ID: I08259
Name: Theodoric King of the VISIGOTHS-SPAIN I 1
Sex: M
Birth: 390
Military Service: Theodoric & his son Thorismund save Orleans from the Huns 451 1
ALIA: Theodorid King of \SPAIN-VISIGOTHS\ I
Event: Reputed to be the son of Alaric I Balthi King of the VISIGOTHS-SPAIN
Sundry Note 390
Event: King of the Visigoths
Honour BET 419 AND 451 1 2
Death: 451 in Catalaunian Fields, Plain of Moirey, Chalons, France 1 2 of Killed in Battle with the Huns at Chalons falling from his horse he was trampled
_DCAUSE: Killed in Battle with the Huns at Chalons falling from his horse he was trampled 1 2 3
Military Service: Period of wars with the Romans BET 424 AND 439 4
Military Service: He was defeated by the Romans at Toulouse 439 4
Event: Succeded from Wallia
Honour 419
Note: Catalaunian Fields (or Plains), the site of a major battle in AD 451, reputedly near Chalons-sur-Marne in France, but placed by some nearer Troyes. The Roman general Aetius with a combined force of Romans, Goths, and Burgundians defeated Attila the Hun, forcing his retreat from Gaul. He was expelled from Italy the following year
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Theodoric I (AD 418-51), King of the Visigoths. He was defeated by the Romans at Toulouse in 439 after fifteen years warfare. He joined Aetius as an ally against Attila but was killed on the Catalaunian Fields. His son Theodoric II ruled the Visigothic kingdom of Spain and parts of Gaul until 466.
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Marriage 1
? Balthi Princess of the VISIGOTHS-SPAIN b: ABT 390
Children
 Euric King of the VISIGOTHS-SPAIN b: ABT 416 Thorismund King of the Visigoths-Spain b: ABT 410- ? Princess of the Visigoths-Spain b: ABT 412
- Theodoric King of the Visigoths-Spain II b: ABT 415
- Friderich of the Visigoths-Spain b: ABT 417
- Retemer of the Visigoths-Spain b: ABT 420
- Himnerith of the Visigoths-Spain b: ABT 422
- ? Princess of the Visigoths-Spain b: ABT 421
Sources:
- Author: Historiae Francorum - Gregory of Tours
Title: Duerinck notes on History of the Franks
Repository: Name: http://www.duerinck.com/franks.html
Note:
Source Medium: Electronic
- Title: Encarta.96
Publication: Name: Microsoft Encyclopedia;
Note:
Source Medium: Electronic
- Author: Jordanes
Title: The Origin and Deeds of the Goths
Publication: Name: Translated by Charles Mierow;
Note:
Source Medium: Electronic
- Title: Oxford Interactive Encilopedia
Publication: Name: The Learning Company CD;
Note:
Source Medium: Electronic
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