Gailar

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Gailar

Also Known As: "Gailar", "Gelaris", "Guelasis", "Gelasis"
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Death: circa 523 (54-72)
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Son of Genzo and Wife of Gento
Husband of Wife of Gailar
Father of Gelimer King of The Vandals; Brother of Gailamir; Sister of Gailamir and Tzazo, brother of Gailamir
Brother of Gunthamund, King of the Vandals; Thrasamund, king of the Vandals; Godagis and Theodoric the Great unknown

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Family

  1. GENTO [Geiso] (after 420-before 484). The Victoris Vitensis Historia names "Gentunis" as brother of Huneric[47]. m ---. The name of Gento's wife is not known. Gento & his wife had four children:
    1. GAILAR [Gelaris] (before 460-before 523). Procopius names “Gelimer, Gelaridis filius, Genzonis nepos, pronepos Gizerici”[62]. m ---. The name of Gailar's wife is not known. Gailar & his wife had four children:
      1. GAILAMIR [Gelimar] (-533). Procopius names “Gelimer, Gelaridis filius, Genzonis nepos, pronepos Gizerici”[63]. He succeeded in 530 as GAILAMIR King of the Vandals in Africa, after deposing his cousin Hilderic. A Byzantine army, led by Belisarius, conquered the Vandal Kingdom of Africa in 533, vanquishing Gailimar at Decimum and Tricamarum[64]. Gregory of Tours records that Gailamir "was broken in battle by the forces of the Roman Empire and ended his life and his reign at the same moment"[65].
      2. TZAZO . Procopius names “Tzazo…Gelimeris frater” when recording that he landed in Sardinia[66].
      3. [son .] m ---. One child:
      4. daughter . m ---. One child:

Source: MedLands, KINGS of the VANDALS, in SPAIN (409)-429 and AFRICA 429-533.