Edeko was for some time the chief of the Skirs. He was the father of Odoacer, who became magister militum in the Roman Army and king of Italy.
In the middle of the 5th century the Skirs were a Germanic Tribe and vassals of the Huns and Edeko was a famous person at the court of Attila, in the same way Ardarik was, the king of the Gepids. According to written sources he protected Attila with his life. In the Battle of Châlons Edeko fought by the side of the Huns.