Kingdom of the Visigoths (Ostrogoths)

This article is about the specific polity Kingdom of the Visigoths (Ostrogoths) and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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Was a short period of the Visigothic Empire were the polity was de facto controlled by Theodoric, King of the Ostrogoths, initiall through the puppet government of his grandson Amalaric (a child at the time).

Establishment

January 511: In 510, General Ibbas, commander of the Ostrogothic contingent, in Barcino, had Amalaric (aged about nine) elected king of the Visigoths and he was temporarily regent in the name of his grandfather Theodoric, the real ruler through two officials: Ampelius and Liberius. Theodoric, for fifteen years was the real governor of the Visigothic kingdom.

Chronology

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1. Visigothic Kingdom de facto controlled by the Ostrogoths

Was a period of the Visigothic Kingdom when it was indirectly controlled by the Kingdom of the Ostrogoths.

January 527: In 526, on the death of his grandfather Theodoric, he reached an agreement with his cousin Athalaric that the Visigothic kingdom extended over both Spain and Septimania while Provence belonged to the Ostrogothic kingdom of Italy.