Kreka
Sign in to saveKreka or Hereka was the wife of Attila. She was described by Eastern Roman diplomat Priscus in his account of his stay at Attila's court in 448 or 449 AD. She and Attila had three sons: Ellac, Dengizich, and Ernak, who split among themselves what remained of Attila's empire after his death in 453.
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- Noble.name
- Kreka
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- Wife of Attila.jpg
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- Detail of Attila's wife in Mór Than's The Feast of Attila (1870)
- Noble.noble family
- Attilid (by marriage)
- Noble.father
- Unknown
- Noble.mother
- Unknown
- Noble.spouse
- Attila
- Noble.birth_place
- Unknown location, possibly Pannonia or Greece
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Kreka or Hereka was the wife of Attila. She was described by Eastern Roman diplomat Priscus in his account of his stay at Attila's court in 448 or 449 AD. She and Attila had three sons: Ellac, Dengizich, and Ernak, who split among themselves what remained of Attila's empire after his death in 453.
Kreka also appears in Germanic heroic legend under the name of Helche or Herka.
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