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Galla Placida Empress ROMAN EMPIRE

Galla Placida Empress ROMAN EMPIRE

Female 390 - 450  (60 years)

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  • Name Galla Placida Empress ROMAN EMPIRE 
    Born 390  Rome, Roman Empire (Italy) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Alt. Birth Abt 390 
    Alt. Birth 390 
    Alt. Birth 
    Died 27 Nov 450  Rome, Roman Empire (Italy) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Event Bef 1577  [1
    • Her embalmed body sitting on a chair of cypress wood could be seen through a hole in the back of her tomb.
    Name Aelia Galla Placidia Of ROME 
    Name Galla Of ROME 
    Name Galla Placida Princess BYZANTINE EMPIRE 
    Occupation
    • Regent for Valentinian III
    _UID DB632CDC8CC94C5791DD35D5A8FB22BF3AD9 
    Buried Chapel Of Saints Nazarius And Celsus, Ravenna, Italy Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I9792  Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 5 Feb 2012 

    Father Theodosius I "The Great" Emperor ROMAN EMPIRE,   b. 11 Jan 356-357, Causa, Spain Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Jan 394-395, Milano (Milan), Roman Empire (Italy) Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 38 years) 
    Mother Galla Valentiniana Of ROMAN EMPIRE,   b. Abt 367,   d. 394, In Childbirth (Son John) Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 27 years) 
    Married 387 
    Family ID F4894  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Atawulf (Athaulf) King Of The VISIGOTHS,   b. Abt 370, Toledo, Visigothic Empire Of Spain Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 415, Barcelona, Visigothic Empire Of Spain Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 45 years) 
    Married 404  Narbonne, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Theodoric I "The Brave" King Of The VISIGOTHS,   b. Abt 405, Toledo, Visigothic Empire Of Spain Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jun 451, Killed In The Battle Of Chalons Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 46 years)
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2016 
    Family ID F4891  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Constantius III Emperor Of West ROMAN EMPIRE,   b. Abt 350,   d. 2 Sep 421, Ravenna, Roman Empire (Italy) Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 71 years) 
    Married 417  At The Urging Of Honorius Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Justa Grata Honoria ROMAN EMPIRE,   b. Abt 416,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Valentinian III Emperor Of West ROMAN EMPIRE,   b. 2 Jul 419, Ravenna, Roman Empire (Italy) Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Mar 454-455, Killed At Rome By Two Supporters Of The Late General Aetius (Who Valentian Had Killed) Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 35 years)
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2016 
    Family ID F4889  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • By the time of the sack of Rome in 410, Placidia seems already to have been in Gothic hands. She was carried off with them to Gaul, and in 414 she was married in a Roman wedding ceremony to the Visigothic chieftain Athaulf at Narbonne

      Step-sister of Honorius. Captured by Alaric I and held hostage. Married Ataulf, Alaric's successor, but was treated badly when he was murdered. Finaly returned to Honorius 416.


      Source: lorenfamily.com

  • Sources 
    1. [S819] History of the Later Roman Empire, Vol. 1, J. B. Bury, (Dover, 1958), 263 (Reliability: 3).