Gesalec

Gesalec
Illustration of Gesalec at Biblioteca Nacional de España, Madrid
King of the Visigoths
Reignc. August 507 – 511
PredecessorAlaric II
SuccessorTheodoric the Great
Bornc. 480
Diedc. 513 (aged 33)
FatherAlaric II
ReligionArian Christianity

Gesalic (Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌺𐍃, romanized: Gaisalaiks, "dancing with spears"[1]), Gesaleico in Spanish and Portuguese, Gesaleic in Catalan, (c. 480 – 513), was a king of the Visigoths from 507 to 511, and died in 513.

  1. ^ Robert Kasperski, The Visigothic King Gesalic, Isidore’s Historia Gothorum and the Goths’ Wars against the Franks and the Burgundians in the Years 507–514, „Kwartalnik Historyczny” Vol. CXXIV, 2017 Eng.-Language Edition no. 1, pp. 7-37