Guntheric was the king or leader 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 Guntheric took control of the territories north of the Danube.[2][3] After the Ostrogothic campaign of 504, Guntheric disappears from the sources and fades into obscurity.
The Gepids were reunited under a single political entity under Guntheric's successor, Elemund, who ascended to the throne in the early half of the 6th century.[4]
References
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