Theudemeres
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Theudemeres (Theudemer) was a Frankish king. He was the son of the Roman commander Richomeres and his wife Ascyla.
Not much is known of Theudemeres. According to Gregory of Tours a war broke out between the Franks and the Romans some unknown time after the fall of the usurping Emperor Jovinus (411 - 413) who had been supported by the Franks. Around 422, a Roman army entered Gaul. King Theudemeres and his mother Ascyla were executed by the sword. Theudemeres' reign is supposed to be before that of king Chlodio.
Theudemeres must have been a cousin of Arbogastes.
[edit] References
- Gregory of Tours, Historia Francorum, book II, chapter 9.
- Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire (PLRE II), J.R. Martindale
