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Aegidius (died 464 or 465) was the ruler of the short-lived Kingdom of Soissons from 461 to 464/465. Before his ascension he was an ardent supporter of the Western Roman emperor Majorian , who appointed him magister militum per Gallias ("Master of the Soldiers for Gaul") in 458.
The Kingdom of Soissons cut all ties with Italy and had no further recorded contact with the Eastern Roman Empire. Even after 476, Syagrius continued to maintain that he was merely governing a Roman province. The Domain of Soissons was in fact an independent region. [5] Childeric died about 481, and his son Clovis I became the Frankish king ...
Egidius waer bestu bleven is an elegy or lamentation. It is about the death of a friend called Egidius, a Latinised version of the Flemish name Gillis.The poet, who calls out to Egidius rather than just mention him, envies Egidius because he has ascended to the heavens whilst the poet is still suffering on earth.
Soissons (French pronunciation: ⓘ) is a commune in the northern French department of Aisne, in the region of Hauts-de-France. Located on the river Aisne , about 100 kilometres (62 mi) northeast of Paris , it is one of the most ancient towns of France, and is probably the ancient capital of the Suessiones .
Aegidius, having been stripped of his title by Ricimer, threatened to attack the Italian Peninsula with his considerable army. The Visigoths, sensing an opportunity to extend the frontier of their northern kingdom past the Loire River which was the contemporary boundary of their empire, and having been encouraged by Ricimer to attack the Alans, then allied to the Romans, to deflect their ...
Aegidius, Roman general (magister militum) (approximate date) Conall Gulban, king of Tir Chonaill (approximate date) Wang Xianyuan, empress and wife of Xiao Wu Di (b. 427) Xiao Wu Di, emperor of the Liu Song dynasty (b. 430) 465. May 5 – Gerontius, Archbishop of Milan; June 20 – Wen Cheng Di, emperor of Northern Wei (b. 440)
Syagrius (c. 430 – 486 [1] or 487 or 493–4 [2]) was a Roman general and the last ruler of a Western Roman rump state in northern Gaul, now called the Kingdom of Soissons. Gregory of Tours referred to him as King of the Romans. Syagrius's defeat by King of the Franks Clovis I is considered the end of Western Roman rule outside of Italy.
Kingdom of Soissons – Aegidius, magister militum (457–464) Syagrius, magister militum (464–486) Vandals (complete list) – Godigisel, King (359–407) Gunderic, King (407–428) His successor establishes the Vandal Kingdom in Africa; Visigothic Kingdom (complete list) – Alaric I, King (395–410) Ataulf, King (410–415) Sigeric, King ...