Theodoric II

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For the king of the Franks of the same name, see Theuderic II.

Theodoric II (in Spanish and Portuguese Teodorico) murdered his older brother Thorismund to become king of the Visigoths in 453. Edward Gibbon writes that "he justified this atrocious deed by the design which his predecessor had formed of violating his alliance with the empire." During Theodoric's reign the Kingdom of the Visigoths, centered in what is now Aquitaine, continued to be a federate of the Western Roman Empire. In 462 the empire ceded Septimania to Theodoric.

Theodoric was himself murdered in 466 by his younger brother Euric, who succeeded him to the throne.

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Edward Gibbon, History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, chapter 36

Regnal titles
King Theodoric II of the Visigoths Balti dynasty Died: 466
Preceded by Thorismund	King of the Visigoths 453 – 466	Succeeded by Euric