Austrigusa ( Ostrogotha ; Latin: Austrigusa or Ostrogota ; died no later than 540 ) - queen of the Lombards (512 - no later than 540) by marriage with King Wahoe of the Lening Dynasty.
| Austrigusa | |||||||
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| lat Austrigusa | |||||||
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| Predecessor | Ranicunda | ||||||
| Successor | Salinga | ||||||
| Death | no later than 540 | ||||||
| Father | Gelemund | ||||||
| Spouse | Waho | ||||||
| Children | daughters: Vizigard and Vuldetrad | ||||||
Biography
Austrigusa is known from several early medieval historical sources : The Stories of the Francs by Gregory of Tours , the treatise The Origin of the Lombards and the History of the Lombards by Paul Deacon [1] [2] [3] [4] .
According to these sources, Austrigusa was the daughter of the king of the hepatids [2] . Her father’s name is not mentioned in medieval texts, but most likely it was King Gelemund [5] [6] [7] . In this case, the brother of Austrigus was Ostrigot [8] .
In 512, Austriguz became the second wife of the Wango king of the Lombards . It is not known exactly under what circumstances Wahoe entered into a second marriage. Most likely, he married Austriguz after the sudden death of his first wife, Ranikunda , daughter of the Thuringian king Bizin and the langobard Menia . However, it is possible that for the sake of the political benefits promised by the new marriage, the king of the Lombards could expel his first wife. It is also suggested that following the pagan traditions still strong among the Lombards, Vakho could have several wives at the same time [2] [3] [4] [9] [10] [11] . It is assumed that entering into a new dynastic marriage with the daughter of such an influential person as the ruler of the at that time, intended to exclude the intervention of the Ostrogoth king Theodorich the Great in the feud between him and the candidate for the Lombard throne, Hildigis , and also strengthen his position among other rulers of Pannonia [12] .
Two daughters were born in a marriage between Vakho and Austriguz: Vizigard (died after 540), who in the 530s became the wife of King of Australia Theodebert I , and Vuldetrad (died in 570), having been married three times since 552 or 554 (first King of the Franks Theodebald , then for his brother Hlotare I , and then for the Duke of Bavaria, Garibald I ). Most likely, by marrying the representatives of the Merovingian dynasty , the Wahoe, and then Audoin , planned to strengthen allied relations with these rulers of the Frankish state [2] [3] [9] [10] [11] [12] .
The date of death of Austriguza is unknown. However, it is assumed that she could have died before the death of Vakho, who died in 540, since shortly before his death, the ruler of the Kingdom of Langobard entered into a new marriage with Salinga , daughter of the king of the Herul of Rodulf who had already died by then [3] [9] [10 ] ] [11] [12] .
Notes
- ↑ Gregory of Tours . History of the Franks (Book III, chapters 20 and 27; Book IV, chapter 9); Pavel Deacon . History of the Lombards (Book I, Chapter 21).
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Martindale JR Austrigusa // Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire . - Cambridge University Press , 1992. - Vol. III (a): AD 527–641. - P. 157. - ISBN 0-521-20160-8 [2001 reprint].
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Martindale JR Vaco // Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire . - Cambridge University Press , 1992. - Vol. III (b): AD 527–641. - P. 1350. - ISBN 0-521-20160-8 [2001 reprint].
- ↑ 1 2 Hungary, Romania: Ostrogotha (English) . Foundation for Medieval Genealogy. Date of treatment December 16, 2018.
- ↑ Bóna I. Der Anbruch des Mittelalters: Gepiden und Langobarden im Karpatenbecken . - Corvina Verlag, 1976. - P. 25. - ISBN 978-9-6313-4495-0 .
- ↑ Chrysos EK, Schwarz A. Das Reich und die Barbaren . - Boehlau Verlag, 1989 .-- P. 111. - ISBN 978-3-2050-5112-1 .
- ↑ Prokopios. The Wars of Justinian / Kaldellis A. - Hackett Publishing, 2014 .-- P. 565. - ISBN 978-1-6246-6172-3 .
- ↑ Martindale JR Elemundus // Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire . - Cambridge University Press , 1992. - Vol. III (a): AD 527–641. - P. 435. - ISBN 0-521-20160-8 [2001 reprint].
- ↑ 1 2 3 Hartmann M. Die Königin im frühen Mittelalter . - Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer Verlag, 2009 .-- S. 37 & 40–41. - ISBN 978-3-1701-8473-2 .
- ↑ 1 2 3 Wacho (German) . Genealogie Mittelalter. Date of treatment December 16, 2018.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Hungary, Romania: Wacho . Foundation for Medieval Genealogy. Date of treatment December 16, 2018.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Schneider R. Königswahl und Königserhebung im Frümittelalter. Untersuchungen zur Herrschaftsnachfolge bei den Langobarden und Merowingern . - Stuttgart: Anton Hiersemann, 1972 .-- S. 16.
Literature
- Hartmann M. Die Königin im frühen Mittelalter . - Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer Verlag, 2009 .-- 245 p. - ISBN 978-3-1701-8473-2 .