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Vitiges

475 - 542

Vitiges

Vitiges (also known as Vitigis, Vitigo, Witiges or Wittigis, and in Old Norse as Vigo) (died 542) was king of Ostrogothic Italy from 536 to 540. He succeeded to the throne of Italy in the early stages of the Gothic War of 535–554, as Belisarius had quickly captured Sicily the previous year and was in southern Italy at the head of the forces of Justinian I, the Eastern Roman Emperor. Vitiges was the husband of Queen Amalasuntha's only surviving child, Matasuntha; therefore, his royal legitimacy was based on this marriage. The panegyric upon the wedding in 536 was delivered by Cassiodorus, the praetorian prefect, and survives, a traditionally Roman form of rhetoric that set the Gothic dynasty in a flatteringly Roman light. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vitiges is the 2,317th most popular politician, the 279th most popular biography from Türkiye and the 151st most popular Turkish Politician.

Vitiges is most famous for being the last king of the Ostrogoths, and for being defeated by the Byzantine emperor Justinian I in the Battle of Ravenna.

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Among politicians, Vitiges ranks 2,317 out of 19,576. Before him are Dalia Grybauskaitė, Julia Avita Mamaea, Fatma Sultan, Princess Louise Auguste of Denmark, Heinrich Lübke, and Émile Loubet. After him are Sergo Ordzhonikidze, Maurice Quentin de La Tour, Ahmed Sékou Touré, Giovanna of Italy, Jehoahaz of Judah, and Phalaris.

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Among people born in 475, Vitiges ranks 3. Before him are Dionysius Exiguus, and Clotilde. After him is Tribonian. Among people deceased in 542, Vitiges ranks 1. After him are Tribonian, and Caesarius of Arles.