What is Alaric I known for?

Alaric I is primarily known as the King of the Visigoths, though no specific contributions or achievements are mentioned in the provided data.

Was Alaric I a military leader?

Yes, Alaric I is described as a military leader, though no further details are provided.

What is the significance of Alaric I's reign?

The source material does not specify the significance of Alaric I's reign.

Alaric I

King of the Visigoths

Person human Q102371

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Facts

24 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[22]
Date of birth: 400, 370^[7]
Date of death: December 410
Place of birth: Peuce Island
Place of death: Cosenza
Ethnic group: Thervingi^[14]
Occupation: sovereign, military leader
Position held: magister militum, king of Wisigoths, Dux, magister militum per Illyricum^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]
Religion or worldview: Visigothic arianism, ancient Roman religion, Gothic paganism^[19]^[20]^[21]
Father: Athanaric, Alaviv, Rothesteus^[9]^[10]^[11]
Spouse: Anonyma^[12]
Child: Pelagia^[13]
Languages spoken, written or signed: Latin, Gothic^[42]^[43]
Described by source: Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Infernal Dictionary, 6th ed., Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Sytin Military Encyclopedia, Pauly–Wissowa, Otto's encyclopedia, Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Orgelbrand's Universal Encyclopedia, Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921, The New Student's Reference Work, Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary, Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1^[28]^[29]^[30]^[31]^[32]^[33]^[34]^[35]^[36]^[37]^[38]^[39]^[40]^[41]
Family: Balti dynasty^[23]
Given name: Alaricus^[25]
Name in native language: Alaricus, Alareiks^[44]^[45]
Noble title: king of Wisigoths^[24]
On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
P14536: 351036
P14608: 119403676
Place of burial: Busento^[8]
Relative: Theodoric I, Ataulf^[26]^[27]

🏷️ Also known as

en Alaric I en Alaric ar ألاريك الأول cs Alarich I. da Alarik I da Alarik 1. da Alarik el Αλάριχος Α' el Αλάριχος es Alarich I es Alareiks es Alaric es Alarich es Alaric I es Alarico es Alarico I es Alaricus es Alaricus I fa آلاریک اول fa آلاریک یکم

🔖 Identifiers · 79

ISNI: 0000000121462974
VIAF cluster ID: 309.8M (105.1M–1412150869794.3B, n=4)
Library of Congress authority ID: n92059169
GND ID: 119403676
American Academy in Rome ID: 12385134
Arabic Ontology lexical concept ID: 151058776
BHCL UUID: 902a29a6-1c79-44a7-b4a1-8d3090d5d3d7
BabelNet ID: 00002409n
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 145189664
Biblissima authority ID: Vanessa Valladares
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID: alarich-alarich-i
CANTIC ID: 981058614705006706

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CERL Thesaurus ID: cnp00554917
Canadiana Authorities ID (former scheme): 0061E3431
Canadiana Name Authority ID: ncf10345452
Comic Vine ID: 4005-86536
DDB person (GND) ID: 119403676
De Agostini ID: Alarico+I
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 119403676
Enciclopedia Galega Universal ID: 70387
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: biography/Alaric
FAST ID: 1803802
Freebase ID: /m/0r16
Genealogics.org person ID: I00253573
Goodreads character ID: 986594
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID: alaric-i
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme): 0001593
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID: Alarik_1, Alarik_1.
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017): 1809303
Historia Hispánica ID: biografias/1720
Hrvatska enciklopedija ID: 1337
IdRef ID: 085557943
Interlingual Index ID: i94262
IxTheo authority ID: 696077337
Krugosvet article (archived): istoriya/ALARIH.html
LBT person ID: Alaric410
Larousse ID: personnage/wd/104526
Lex ID: Alarik_1.
Lur Encyclopedic Dictionary ID: 00198/eu_a_1980/a1980
NE.se ID: alarik-i
NLP ID: a0000002028074
NSK (VIAF) ID: 000397524
NSK ID: 981005799525809366
NUKAT ID: n2003045383
National Library of Ireland ID: vtls001163702
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007399026105171
National Library of Lithuania ID: LNB:CYtF;=Bs
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9810678253005606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0): XX1521190
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 119717727
Notable Names Database ID: 518/000092242
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID: 3867266
Orthodox Encyclopedia ID: 64012
Oxford Classical Dictionary ID: 237
PACTOLS thesaurus ID: pcrt0qdm4EBMEf
Proleksis enciklopedija ID: 7586
Rodovid ID: 31423
Roglo person ID: p=alarico;n=wisigoths
SEARCH on line catalogue ID: 62628
Sandrart.net person ID: 257
Spanish Biographical Dictionary ID: 5926/alarico-i
Svenska Institutet i Rom ID: 76756
ToposText person ID: 24901
Treccani ID: alarico-i
Treccani's Dizionario di Storia ID: alarico-i
Treccani's Enciclopedia Italiana ID: alarico-i
Union List of Artist Names ID: 500355391
Unione Romana Biblioteche Scientifiche ID: 137674
University of Barcelona authority ID: 981058614705006706
Vatican Library ID (former scheme): ADV12581599
Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija ID: alarikas
WBIS ID: I200-859-0
WeRelate person ID: Alaric_The_Bold_(1)
WikiTree person ID: Visigoths-12
Wolfram Language entity code: Entity["Concept", "Alaric::d5y7y"]
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID: 10830722-n
World History Encyclopedia ID: Alaric
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PCjDTdK8rKhJjkjk9k8vCgq
Yale LUX ID: person/a3568ed8-37b4-422e-8524-4773c44a1ed7

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🔗 Connections

Described by source 7

Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, Pauly–Wissowa, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Orgelbrand's Universal Encyclopedia, Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary

Father 3

Athanaric, Alaviv, Rothesteus

Position held 3

magister militum, Dux, king of Wisigoths

← Characters 3

Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire, Revenge of the Barbarians, Barbarians Rising

Languages spoken, written or signed 2

Latin, Gothic

Occupation 2

sovereign, military leader

Parent of 2

Athanaric, Rothesteus

Relative 2

Theodoric I, Ataulf

Religion or worldview 2

ancient Roman religion, Gothic paganism

Child 1

Pelagia

Children (paternal) 1

Pelagia

Family 1

Balti dynasty

Instance of 1

human

Noble title 1

king of Wisigoths

On focus list of Wikimedia project 1

Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4

Place of birth 1

Peuce Island

Place of burial 1

Busento

Place of death 1

Cosenza

Sex or gender 1

male

← Relative 1

Theodoric I

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Summary

Alaric I was born in 400^[1] in Peuce Island^[2]. He died on December 410^[3] in Cosenza^[4]. He worked as a sovereign^[5] and military leader^[6].

FAQs

Where was Alaric I born?

Alaric I's place of birth was Peuce Island^[2].

Where did Alaric I die?

Alaric I passed away in Cosenza^[4].

Who were Alaric I's parents?

Alaric I's father was Athanaric^[9].

Who was Alaric I married to?

Alaric I's spouses include Anonyma^[12].

What did Alaric I do for work?

Alaric I worked as a sovereign^[5] and military leader^[6].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Alaric I — place of birth (P19): Peuce Island. Spanish Biographical Dictionary. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Alaric I — place of death (P20): Cosenza. Spanish Biographical Dictionary. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Alaric I — sex or gender (P21): male. Library of Congress Authorities. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Alaric I — father (P22): Athanaric. Spanish Biographical Dictionary. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Alaric I — father (P22): Alaviv. Spanish Biographical Dictionary. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Alaric I — father (P22): Rothesteus. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Alaric I — spouse (P26): Anonyma. Spanish Biographical Dictionary. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Alaric I — position held (P39): magister militum. Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Alaric I — position held (P39): king of Wisigoths. Spanish Biographical Dictionary. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Alaric I — position held (P39): Dux. Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Alaric I — position held (P39): magister militum per Illyricum. Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Alaric I — child (P40): Pelagia. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Alaric I — family (P53): Balti dynasty. Spanish Biographical Dictionary. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Alaric I — noble title (P97): king of Wisigoths. Spanish Biographical Dictionary. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Alaric I — occupation (P106): sovereign. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Alaric I — occupation (P106): military leader. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Alaric I — place of burial (P119): Busento. Spanish Biographical Dictionary. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Alaric I — religion or worldview (P140): Visigothic arianism. Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Alaric I — religion or worldview (P140): ancient Roman religion. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Alaric I — religion or worldview (P140): Gothic paganism. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Alaric I — ethnic group (P172): Thervingi. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Alaric I — date of birth (P569): 400. Spanish Biographical Dictionary. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Alaric I — date of birth (P569): 370. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Alaric I — date of death (P570): December 410. Spanish Biographical Dictionary. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Alaric I — given name (P735): Alaricus. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Alaric I — relative (P1038): Theodoric I. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Alaric I — relative (P1038): Ataulf. Spanish Biographical Dictionary. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Alaric I — described by source (P1343): Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Alaric I — described by source (P1343): Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Alaric I — described by source (P1343): Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Alaric I — described by source (P1343): Infernal Dictionary, 6th ed.. wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ Alaric I — described by source (P1343): Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947). wikidata.org.
[33] ↑ Alaric I — described by source (P1343): Sytin Military Encyclopedia. wikidata.org.
[34] ↑ Alaric I — described by source (P1343): Pauly–Wissowa. wikidata.org.
[35] ↑ Alaric I — described by source (P1343): Otto's encyclopedia. wikidata.org.
[36] ↑ Alaric I — described by source (P1343): Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie. wikidata.org.
[37] ↑ Alaric I — described by source (P1343): Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon. wikidata.org.
[38] ↑ Alaric I — described by source (P1343): The Nuttall Encyclopædia. wikidata.org.
[39] ↑ Alaric I — described by source (P1343): Orgelbrand's Universal Encyclopedia. wikidata.org.
[40] ↑ Alaric I — described by source (P1343): Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921. wikidata.org.
[41] ↑ Alaric I — described by source (P1343): The New Student's Reference Work. wikidata.org.
[42] ↑ Alaric I — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): Latin. wikidata.org.
[43] ↑ Alaric I — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): Gothic. wikidata.org.
[44] ↑ Alaric I — name in native language (P1559): Alaricus. Spanish Biographical Dictionary. wikidata.org.
[45] ↑ Alaric I — name in native language (P1559): Alareiks. wikidata.org.

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