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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.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Kreka is referenced by 104 other articles, and connects out to Ernakh, Akatziroi and Black Sea.

Vinony files it under 5th-century queens consort, Attila the Hun and Attilid dynasty.

Its subject is documented across 12 Wikipedia language editions.

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Noble.name
Kreka
Noble.image
Wife of Attila.jpg
Noble.image_size
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Noble.caption
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.

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

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