The Ostrogoths were a Gothic or Germanic kingdoms that rose after the sack of Rome in 410 A.D. The Ostrogoths ruled a kingdom that was centered in Italy. Their capital was at Ravenna. The Ostrogoths also worked with the Visigoths and ruled Spain for a few decades.(1)
The Lombards were another Germanic group who ruled Italy from approximately 540 - 572.(2)
Amalaberga (2)
Amalafrida (2)
Amalasuntha (2)
Amalaric - Ostrogothic king, ruled 526 to 531 (1)
Athalaric (2)
Theodehad (2,3)
Theoderic - Ostrogothic king, ruled 493 to 526. Also a Visigothic king in Gaul. (1, 2)
Theudis - Ostrogothic king, ruled 531 to 548, originally a general (1)
Vitiges (3)
Gundiperga (2)
Rodelinda (2)
Theodelinda (2)
Adaloald (2)
Alboin - He was a king around 568 AD (2,3)
Arioald (2)
Aripert (2)
Audoin (2)
Authari (2)
Cunincpert (2)
Garibald (2)
Godepert (2)
Grimoald (2)
Gumpert (2)
Liutpert (2)
Perctarit (2)
Raginpert (20
Rodoald (2)
Rothari (2)
Sources:
(1) Spain: A History, Raymond Carr (ed)., New York: Oxford University Press, 2000.
(2) Early Medieval Europe, 300 - 1000, Roger Collins, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 1999.
(3) A Short History of Byzantium, John Julius Norwich, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999.
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