Austrigusa
of the Gepides
formerly Gepidae aka Lombardia
Born about in Gepidea, Liguria, Italy
Ancestors 
Daughter of Elemund (De Gepidae) Gepidae
and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Wacho (Lombardia) di Lombardia
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died
at about age 30
[location unknown]
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Biography
Birth and Parents
Austrigusa was the daughter of Elemund [1]
Elemund may have been the son of Gunderit and grandson of Ardaric;[1]
Elemundus was king of the Gepids, an east Germanic people, during the first half of the 6th century. [1]
Cawley appears to conflate Austragusa as the same person as Ostragotha, not naming the parents of either, simply terming them as Gepidae. [2]
Marriage
Austragusa was given in marriage to Wacho, the king of the Lombards, in 512." [1]
Austragusa married, as his second wife, Wacho, King of the Lombards, son of Zuchilo (Unichis). Wacho died in 540.
Cawley states that the Origo Gentis Langobardorum names "Austrigusa filiam Gippidorum" as King Wacho's second wife [2]
"The reasons behind the marriage were multiple: on one side it protected the two kings from the threat represented by the Ostrogothic Kingdom, while on the other it reduced the danger represented to the Lombard king by Ildechis, a pretender to the Lombard throne. Wacho was eventually to remarry after Austrigusa's death, but this did not compromise the good relations existing between Lombards and Gepids."[3][4]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Wikipedia: Elemund. Accessed 10/12/2019 jhd
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Charles Cawley. Medieval Lands: A Prosopography of Medieval European Noble and Royal Families, Online at Foundation for Medieval Genealogy Website Hungary Accessed 10/12/2019 jhd
- ↑ Jarnut 1995, pp. 16–17. Cited by Wikipedia: Elemund
- ↑ Wolfram, Herwig. The Roman Empire and Its Germanic Peoples. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1990 [1997], ISBN 0-520-24490-7. Categories: 548 deathsGepid kings6th-century monarchs in Europe pp. 281–282. Cited by Wikipedia: Elemund
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