Amalasuntha was the daughter of Theodoric, king of the Ostrogoths, and after his death regent of Italy for her son Athalarich, whom Theodoric had designated as his successor. Athalarich died in 534, after which Amalasuntha married her cousin Theodahad, but retained the power in her own hands. Mainly on this account she was put to death by her second husband, in 535. Research Amalasuntha
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