House: Vandal
Spouse(s): Eudocia, daughter of Valentinian III, emperor of Rome, and Licinia Eudoxia
Predecessor: Genseric
Reign: 477 – 484
Brief: Successor to his father, Genseric, Huneric quickly married the daughter of the Roman Emperor Valentinian III to secure his powerbase. Unfortunately, it did not hold. By 472, she had already left him. Huneric, meanwhile, had claimed the kingship of the Vandals, as well as the Alans, another Germanic migrant group. While they were dispossessed of all land in Europe, the Vandals maintained control over the Mediterranean and its western islands, seeking to find allies among the Roman diaspora. A staunch Arian, Huneric fought off-and-on against Catholics within his lands, frequently banishing Catholic leaders to border areas. In February 484, he called for a synod to resolve Catholic-Arian disputes, but he captured all the Catholics and exiled them to Corsica, killing a few that refused the exodus. When he died later that year, few mourned his death and some Moors used his cruelty as an exuse to rebel from Vandal rule. A nephew, Gunthamund, succeeded him.
Date of Death: 23 December 484
Successor: Gunthamund
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