Back Theoderich I. ALS Teodorico I AN Þeodric I Westgotena Cyning ANG ثيودوريك الأول Arabic ثيودوريك الاول ARZ Teodoricu I AST بیرینجی تئودوریک AZB Тэадорых I Byelorussian Теодерих I Bulgarian Teodorig Iañ Breton
| Theodoric I | |
|---|---|
| King of the Visigoths | |
 Statue of Theodoric I in the Royal Palace of Madrid, Spain | |
| Reign | 418 – June 451 AD |
| Coronation | 418 AD |
| Predecessor | Wallia |
| Successor | Thorismund |
| Born | c. 390 |
| Died | 20 June 451 (aged 60–61) Battle of Chalons |
| Burial | Tomb of Theodoric, Poix, Marne, France |
| Issue | Thorismund Theodoric II Frederic Euric I Retimer Himnerith |
| Dynasty | Balt |
| Religion | Arianism |
Theodoric I[1] (Gothic: Þiudarīks;[2] Latin: Theodericus; c. 390[3] or 393 20 or 24 June 451[4]) was the King of the Visigoths from 418 to 451. Theodoric is famous for his part in stopping Attila the Hun at the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains in 451, where he was killed.[5]
- ^ According to Isidore of Seville, his name was Theuderedus (Historia de regibus Gothorum, Vandalorum et Suevorum, 23, 24, 25.)
- ^ Moritz Schönfeld, Wörterbuch der altgermanischen Personen- und Völkernamen (1911), p. 234
- ^ According to French historian Claude Barret his estimated birth is circa 390.
- ^ According to French historian Claude Barret, he died on June 24, 451 at the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains [Also called the Battle of Châlons or the Battle of Maurica]
- ^ Jordanes, De Origine Actibusque Getarum, 40.209.
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