Aiulf, king of the Suevi

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Aiulf

Also Known As: "Aioulf"
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Death: June 457
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About Aiulf, king of the Suevi


Biography

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aioulf

Aioulf or Ag(r)iwulf (died June 457) was an obscure king of Galicia from 456. In 448, after eight years in captivity, the Roman ambassador Censorius was executed by one Agiulf at Seville (Hispalis). This Agiulf has sometimes been identified with Aioulf.[1]

According to the local and contemporary chronicler Hydatius, after the sack of Braga and the execution of Rechiar, the previous Suevic king, by the Visigoths, the Gothic king, Theodoric II, led his army south into Lusitania while one of his commanders, Aioulf, deserted him and remained behind in Galicia hoping to make himself king of the Sueves there.[2]

After Aioulf, the Suevi chose Remismund to be their king and he was accepted by Theodoric.


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