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HUNNERIC (d. 484)

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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 932 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HUNNERIC (d. 484) , See also:king of the See also:Vandals, was a-son of King See also:Gaiseric, and was sent to See also:Italy as a See also:hostage in 435 when his See also:father made a treaty with the See also:emperor Valentinian III. After his return to the Vandal See also:court at See also:Carthage, he married a daughter of See also:Theodoric I., king of the Visigoths; but when this princess was suspected of attempting to See also:poison her father-in-See also:law, she was mutilated and was sent back to See also:Europe. Hunneric became king of the Vandals on his father's See also:death in 477. Like Gaiseric he was an Arian, and his reign is chiefly memorable for his cruel persecution of members of the orthodox See also:Christian See also:Church in his dominions. Hunneric's second wife was Eudocia, a daughter of Valentinian III. and his wife Eudocia.

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