Amalasuintha

Amalasuintha
Amalasuintha
	Bust at the Capitoline Museums, assumed to depict Queen Amalasuintha
Regent of the Ostrogoths
Regency	30 August 526 – 2 October 534
Monarch	Athalaric
Queen regnant of the Ostrogoths
Reign	2 October 534 – 30 April 535
Predecessor	Athalaric
Successor	Theodahad (as sole monarch)
Co-monarch	Theodahad
Born	c. 495
Died	30 April 535 (aged 39–40)
Spouse	Traguilla; Eutharic
Issue	Athalaric; Matasuntha
Dynasty	Amali
Father	Theoderic the Great
Mother	Audofleda
Religion	Arianism

Amalasuintha^[1] (495 – 30 April 535) was a ruler of the Ostrogothic Kingdom from 526 to 535. Initially serving as regent for her son Athalaric, she became queen after his premature death.^[2] Highly educated, Amalasuintha was praised by both Cassiodorus and Procopius for her wisdom and her ability to speak three languages (Greek, Gothic, and Latin).^[3] Her status as an independent female monarch, and obvious affinity for Roman culture, caused discontent among the Gothic nobles in her court, and she was deposed and killed after six months of sole rule.

^ The name is also spelled Amalasuentha, Amalaswintha, Amalasuntha, Amalswinthe, Amalasontha, Amalasiuntha, and Amalsenta.
^ Amalasuntha in the Encyclopædia Britannica
^ Vitiello, Massimiliano (2006). ""Nourished at the Breast of Rome": The Queens of Ostrogothic Italy and the Education of the Roman Elite". Rheinisches Museum für Philologie. 149 (3/4): 402. ISSN 0035-449X. JSTOR 41234687.

[1] The name is also spelled Amalasuentha, Amalaswintha, Amalasuntha, Amalswinthe, Amalasontha, Amalasiuntha, and Amalsenta.

[2] Amalasuntha in the Encyclopædia Britannica

[:1-3] Vitiello, Massimiliano (2006). ""Nourished at the Breast of Rome": The Queens of Ostrogothic Italy and the Education of the Roman Elite". Rheinisches Museum für Philologie. 149 (3/4): 402. ISSN 0035-449X. JSTOR 41234687.

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