Hilderic
E229540
Hilderic was a 6th-century king of the Vandals in North Africa, noted for his pro-Byzantine policies and relative tolerance toward Catholic Christians.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hilderic canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2001701 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Hilderic Context triple: [Vandal Kingdom, hasLeader, Hilderic]
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Huneric
Huneric was a 5th-century king of the Vandals and Alans in North Africa, known for his persecution of Nicene Christians and complex relations with the Eastern Roman Empire.
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Genseric
Genseric was the powerful Vandal king who ruled North Africa in the 5th century and became infamous for leading the Vandals in the plundering of Rome in 455.
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C.
Thrasamund
Thrasamund was a late 5th- to early 6th-century king of the Vandals and Alans in North Africa, noted for his relatively moderate rule and complex relations with the Byzantine Empire and the Catholic population.
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D.
Olybrius
Olybrius was a short-lived 5th-century Western Roman emperor whose brief reign in 472 occurred during the empire’s final period of political fragmentation and decline.
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E.
Stilicho
Stilicho was a prominent late Roman general and statesman of Vandal descent who effectively ruled the Western Roman Empire as regent during the reign of Emperor Honorius.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Hilderic Target entity description: Hilderic was a 6th-century king of the Vandals in North Africa, noted for his pro-Byzantine policies and relative tolerance toward Catholic Christians.
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A.
Huneric
Huneric was a 5th-century king of the Vandals and Alans in North Africa, known for his persecution of Nicene Christians and complex relations with the Eastern Roman Empire.
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B.
Genseric
Genseric was the powerful Vandal king who ruled North Africa in the 5th century and became infamous for leading the Vandals in the plundering of Rome in 455.
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C.
Thrasamund
Thrasamund was a late 5th- to early 6th-century king of the Vandals and Alans in North Africa, noted for his relatively moderate rule and complex relations with the Byzantine Empire and the Catholic population.
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D.
Olybrius
Olybrius was a short-lived 5th-century Western Roman emperor whose brief reign in 472 occurred during the empire’s final period of political fragmentation and decline.
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E.
Stilicho
Stilicho was a prominent late Roman general and statesman of Vandal descent who effectively ruled the Western Roman Empire as regent during the reign of Emperor Honorius.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Vandal king
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historical figure ⓘ monarch ⓘ |
| ally | Justinian I ⓘ |
| associatedEvent |
Vandalic War in North Africa
ⓘ
surface form:
Vandalic War
|
| capitalOfRealm | Carthage ⓘ |
| causeOfEndOfReign | coup d’état ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 6th century ⓘ |
| ChristianDenomination | Chalcedonian Christianity ⓘ |
| conflict | internal Vandal opposition to his religious policy ⓘ |
| continentOfRule | Africa ⓘ |
| countryOfRule | Vandal Kingdom ⓘ |
| deathCause | likely executed after deposition ⓘ |
| deathCircumstances | killed on orders of Gelimer ⓘ |
| dynasty | Hasding dynasty ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Vandal ⓘ |
| eventAfterDeposition | imprisonment ⓘ |
| familyConnection | Amal dynasty ⓘ |
| foreignRelations |
Byzantine Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Roman Empire
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| governanceStyle |
pro-Byzantine
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religiously tolerant toward Catholics ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Early Middle Ages ⓘ |
| knownFor |
good relations with the Eastern Roman Empire
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pro-Byzantine policies ⓘ tolerant policy toward Catholic Christians ⓘ weakening persecution of Catholics in Vandal kingdom ⓘ |
| languageContext | Latin-speaking North Africa ⓘ |
| maternalGrandfather |
Theoderic the Great
ⓘ
surface form:
Theodoric the Great
|
| mother | Amalafrida ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Vandal Arian clergy
ⓘ
Vandal military aristocracy ⓘ |
| overthrownBy | Gelimer ⓘ |
| policy |
ending persecution of Nicene Christians
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favoring Roman provincial elites ⓘ restoration of Catholic bishops ⓘ |
| positionHeld | King of the Vandals and Alans ⓘ |
| predecessor | Thrasamund ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity | North Africa ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 530 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 523 ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| sourceMention |
Procopius
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surface form:
Procopius of Caesarea
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| successor | Gelimer ⓘ |
| title | Rex Vandalorum et Alanorum ⓘ |
| usedAsPretextBy | Justinian I ⓘ |
| usedAsPretextFor |
Vandalic War in North Africa
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surface form:
Vandalic War
|
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Subject: Hilderic Description of subject: Hilderic was a 6th-century king of the Vandals in North Africa, noted for his pro-Byzantine policies and relative tolerance toward Catholic Christians.
Referenced by (5)
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