Theodemer (Frankish king)
Theodemer (also Theudomer) was a Frankish king. He was the son of Richomeres and his wife Ascyla.[1] His father is possibly to be identified with the Roman commander of that name, in which case Theodemer would have been a cousin of Arbogastes.
Not much is known of Theodemer. 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 Theodemer and his mother Ascyla were executed by the sword.[1] Theodemer's reign is supposed to be before that of king Chlodio, and the Chronicle of Fredegar makes Chlodio his son.
References
- ^ a b MacDowall, Simon (2018). The Franks. London: Grub Street Publishers. p. 19. ISBN 978-1-4738-8960-6.
Further reading
- Gregory of Tours, Historia Francorum, book II, chapter 9.
- Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire (PLRE II), J.R. Martindale