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Gunderith
Co-king of the Gepids in the late 5th century From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Gunderith was the king or leader (ductor) of a band of Gepids in alliance with another group under Thrasaric.[1]
In 489, after Thraustila's death at the Battle of Sirmium against the Ostrogoths, the Kingdom of the Gepids effectively split in two - the south went on to be ruled by Thrasaric under Ostrogothic suzerainty, while Gunderith took control of the territories north of the Danube.[2][3] After the Ostrogothic campaign of 504, Gunderith disappears from the sources and fades into obscurity.
The Gepids were reunited under a single political entity under Gunderith's successor, Elemund, who ascended to the throne in the early half of the 6th century.[4]
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