Gunthamund

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Gunthamund was a late 5th-century king of the Vandals and Alans in North Africa, known for his relatively moderate rule and efforts to stabilize the Vandal Kingdom after periods of internal strife.

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Label Occurrences
Gunthamund canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Vandal king
historical figure
monarch
associatedWith Vandal persecution of Nicene Christians
attemptedPolicy maintaining Vandal naval power in the western Mediterranean
birthCentury 5th century
capital Carthage
conflictWith Byzantine Empire
surface form: Eastern Roman Empire
controlledTerritory parts of Byzacena
parts of Numidia
parts of Roman Africa Proconsularis
countryRuled Vandal Kingdom
surface form: Kingdom of the Vandals and Alans

Vandal Kingdom
deathCentury 5th century
deathYear 496
dynasty Hasdingi
ethnicGroup Vandals
father Gento
fullName Gunthamund self-link
governedAs Arian Germanic ruler over a largely Roman provincial population
grandfather Genseric
surface form: Geiseric
historicalEra Late Antiquity
languageContext Latin-speaking North Africa
notableFor attempts to stabilize the Vandal Kingdom
relatively moderate rule
policyCharacteristic more conciliatory toward Nicene Christians than his predecessor
predecessor Huneric
regionRuled North Africa
reignEnd 496
reignStart 484
relative Huneric
Thrasamund
religion Arianism
surface form: Arian Christianity
ruledAfter period of internal strife in the Vandal Kingdom
sourceMention Victor of Vita
later Latin chroniclers
succeededToThroneBy hereditary succession within the Hasdingi dynasty
successor Thrasamund
title King of the Vandals and Alans

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Vandal Kingdom hasLeader Gunthamund
Huneric successor Gunthamund
Huneric relative Gunthamund
Gunthamund fullName Gunthamund self-link
Thrasamund predecessor Gunthamund
Thrasamund relative Gunthamund