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| Ostrogotho | |
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| Queen consort of the Burgundians | |
| Born | Ariadne c. 480 |
| Died | before 516 |
| Spouse | Sigismund of Burgundy |
| Issue | Sigeric Suavegotha |
| House | Amali |
| Father | Theodoric the Great |
Ostrogotho (c. 480 – before 516) was the daughter of theOstrogothic kingTheodoric the Great,[1] and the wife of theBurgundian kingSigismund.[2]
Her mother is not mentioned by name. According toJordanes, her mother was a concubine. According toAnonymus Valesianus, her mother was Theodoric's wife. Jordanes also mentions a sister Theudigotho. According to both, Ostrogotho was born while Theodoric was staying inMoesia (before 489).
Ostrogotho was probably baptized inConstantinople with the nameAriadne orAriagne, named afterAriadne, the wife ofemperorZeno. In order to distinguish her from the empress, she was nicknamedOstrogotho, and this nickname eventually superimposed her actual name.
Ostrogotho and her sister accompanied Theodoric on his campaign from Constantinople toItaly. During the fight againstOdoacer, she was left by her father inTicinum (Pavia). In 494, after Theodoric hadconsolidated his rule in Italy, he arranged the marriage of Ostrogotho with Sigismund, son of the Burgundian kingGundobad.[3] From this marriage came a son Sigeric, and a daughter,Suavegotha. Suavegotha was later married to theFrankish kingTheuderic I.[4] His second wife, whom he had married after the death of Ostrogotho, had convinced him that Sigeric was plotting to overthrow him. Sigeric was eventually murdered on the order of Sigismund.[5]
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