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thumb|The missorium (silver dish) of Gelimer (Bibliothèque nationale de France) Gelimer (original form possibly Geilamir, 480–553 AD), was a Germanic king who ruled the Vandal Kingdom in North Africa during classical antiquity from 530 to 534 AD. He became ruler on 15 June 530 AD after deposing his first cousin twice removed, Hilderic, who had angered the Vandal nobility by converting to Chalcedonian Christianity; most Vandals at the time were fierce Arian Christians.

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Gelimer was a male sovereign of the Vandal Kingdom, born in 0480 in Africa. He belonged to the Hasdingi family and was the son of Geilarith, with siblings Tzazo and Amatas. His religion was Arianism, and he spoke the Vandalic language. He died in 0553 in Galatia.

Biographical sources such as the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie and the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary describe his life. He is distinct from Gelmar.

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Key facts

Royalty.name
Gelimer
Royalty.succession
King of the Vandals and Alans
Royalty.image
File:Münze 50 Denari - Gelimer - König der Vandalen (cropped).jpg
Royalty.caption
Denarius with a bust of Gelimer, inscribed REX G-EILAMIR
Royalty.reign
530 - 534 AD
Royalty.predecessor
Hilderic
Royalty.royal house
Hasdingi
Royalty.father
Gelarius
Royalty.birth_place
Roman Africa
Royalty.death_date
553 AD (aged 73)
Royalty.death_place
Galatia
Royalty.religion
Arianism

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thumb|The missorium (silver dish) of Gelimer (Bibliothèque nationale de France) Gelimer (original form possibly Geilamir, 480–553 AD), was a Germanic king who ruled the Vandal Kingdom in North Africa during classical antiquity from 530 to 534 AD. He became ruler on 15 June 530 AD after deposing his first cousin twice removed, Hilderic, who had angered the Vandal nobility by converting to Chalcedonian Christianity; most Vandals at the time were fierce Arian Christians.

The Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian I, who had supported Hilderic, soon declared war on the Vandals, ostensibly to restore Hilderic. In June 533 AD, Justinian sent an expeditionary force commanded by Belisarius which finally reached Africa in the beginning of September. Meanwhile, in Sardinia, which formed part of the Vandal domain, the governor Godas, a Goth, revolted against Gelimer and began to interact with Justinian as an independent ruler. Gelimer, ignorant or contemptuous of Justinian's plans, sent a large army which included the majority of his available men in Africa under his brother Tzazo to crush the rebellion, leaving the landing of Belisarius to be entirely unopposed.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gelimer” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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