Gelimer

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Vandal king historical figure monarch

Gelimer was the last king of the Vandal Kingdom in North Africa, known for his defeat by the Byzantine general Belisarius during the Vandalic War in the 6th century.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Gelimer canonical 10
King Gelimer 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Vandal king ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ
monarch ⓘ
afterReignStatus deposed monarch ⓘ
alternativeName Gelimar ⓘ
battle Battle of Ad Decimum ⓘ
Battle of Tricamarum ⓘ
capitalDuringReign Carthage ⓘ
capturedBy Byzantine Empire ⓘ
causeOfDownfall Vandalic War in North Africa ⓘ
surface form: Byzantine reconquest of North Africa
conflict Vandalic War in North Africa ⓘ
surface form: Vandalic War
contemporaryOf Justinian I ⓘ
country Vandal Kingdom ⓘ
deathCentury 6th century ⓘ
deathPlace Byzantine Empire ⓘ
defeatedBy Belisarius ⓘ
Byzantine armed forces ⓘ
surface form: Byzantine forces
dynasty Vandal Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: Vandal dynasty
era 6th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup Vandals ⓘ
historicalRegion Roman North Africa ⓘ
surface form: Roman Africa
languageSpoken Latin ⓘ
Vandalic ⓘ
laterLivedIn Galatia ⓘ
name Gelimer self-link ⓘ
notableEvent end of independent Vandal rule in Africa ⓘ
loss of Carthage to Belisarius ⓘ
notableFor being the last king of the Vandal Kingdom ⓘ
defeat in the Vandalic War ⓘ
offeredTitle patrician of the Byzantine Empire ⓘ
offeredTitleBy Justinian I ⓘ
opponent Belisarius ⓘ
Byzantine Empire ⓘ
opposedReligionOf Chalcedonian Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Chalcedonian Christians
overthrew Hilderic ⓘ
positionHeld Genseric ⓘ
surface form: King of the Vandals and Alans
predecessor Hilderic ⓘ
presentedTo Justinian I ⓘ
surface form: Emperor Justinian I
refusedTitle patrician of the Byzantine Empire ⓘ
regionRuled North Africa ⓘ
reignEnd 534 ⓘ
reignStart 530 ⓘ
religion Arianism ⓘ
surface form: Arian Christianity
successorState Exarchate of Africa ⓘ
surface form: Byzantine Exarchate of Africa
surrenderedInYear 534 ⓘ
surrenderedTo Belisarius ⓘ
takenTo Constantinople (probable) ⓘ
surface form: Constantinople

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Vandal Kingdom → hasLeader → Gelimer ⓘ
Vandals → king → Gelimer ⓘ
Vandalic War in North Africa → commander → Gelimer ⓘ
Vandalic War in North Africa → opponentRuler → Gelimer ⓘ
this entity surface form: King Gelimer
Hilderic → successor → Gelimer ⓘ
Hilderic → overthrownBy → Gelimer ⓘ
Gelimer → name → Gelimer self-link ⓘ
Battle of Ad Decimum → opposingCommander → Gelimer ⓘ
Battle of Tricamarum → commander → Gelimer ⓘ
Battle of Tricamarum → opponentOf → Gelimer ⓘ
Battle of Tricamarum → notableCommanderForVandals → Gelimer ⓘ