Hermanafrid
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Hermanfrid (also Hermanifrid or Hermanafrid; , died 532) was the last independent king of the Thuringii in present-day Germany. He was one of three sons of King Bisinus and his Lombard queen Menia. His siblings were Baderic; Raicunda, married to the Lombard king Wacho; and Bertachar.
Key facts
- Monarch.mother
- Menia
- Monarch.death_date
- 532
- Monarch.death_place
- Zülpich
- Monarch.name
- Hermanfrid
- Monarch.title
- King of Thuringia
- Monarch.reign
- 507–531
- Monarch.predecessor
- Bertachar
- Monarch.spouse
- Amalaberga
- Monarch.issue
- AmalafridRodelinda
- Monarch.father
- Bisinus
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Hermanfrid (also Hermanifrid or Hermanafrid; , died 532) was the last independent king of the Thuringii in present-day Germany. He was one of three sons of King Bisinus and his Lombard queen Menia. His siblings were Baderic; Raicunda, married to the Lombard king Wacho; and Bertachar.
==Biography== Between 507 and 511 Hermanfrid married Amalaberga, daughter of Amalafrida who was the daughter of Theodemir. Amalberga was the niece of Theodoric the Great, who received a number of "silver-white" horses from Hermanfrid. It is unclear when Hermanfrid became king, but he is called king (rex thoringorum) in a letter by Theodoric dated to 507. He first shared the rule with his brothers Baderic and Bertachar, but later killed Bertachar in a battle in 529, leaving the young Radegund an orphan.
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