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Baderic
Baderic, Baderich, Balderich or Boderic ( 480 – 529), son of Bisinus and Menia, was a co-king of the Thuringii. He and his brothers Hermanfrid and Berthar succeeded their father Bisinus. After Hermanfrid defeated Berthar in battle, he invited King Theuderic I of Metz to help him defeat Baderic in return for half of the kingdom. Theuderic I agreed and Baderic was defeated and killed in 529. Hermanfrid became the sole king.
Hygelac
thumb|Anachronistic portrait depicting a battle between Franks and Danes in 515, from Jean Fouquet's illumination in the [[Grandes Chroniques de France, Tours, c 1455-60]] thumb|Chattuarii|Hettergouw at the lower [[Rhine, inhabited by the Attoarii or Hetware, who killed Hygelac, according to Beowulf, line 2916]]
Suavegothe
Suavegotha (died after 549), also known as Suavegotta or Suavegotho, was the daughter of the Burgundian king Sigismund and his Ostrogothic wife Ostrogotho. She was apparently married to Theuderic I, but scholars debate whether she was his first or second wife.
Rodulf
Norwegian petty king
Pharas the Herulian
commander of Herulian forces (6th c.)
Guntarith
Guntarith (Vandalic: Gontharis; died 546), sometimes referred to as Guntharic, was an Eastern Roman military officer and rebel of Vandalic descent.
Amatas
Ammatus also spelled Ammatas was a Vandal noble and military leader. He was the brother of the Vandal king Gelimer. He had the previous Vandal king, Hilderic, executed on the orders of his brother. On his brother's orders he moved to support Gelimer himself in repulsing a Byzantine invasion at Ad Decimum. During that battle, he was killed.
Caretene
Carétène (also Caretena) (born died September 16, 506) was the wife of Gundobad, king of the Burgundians. Unlike her husband, who was an Arian, Carétène was a Catholic. She was probably the mother of Sigismund of Burgundy.