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Vitiges

475 - 542

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Vitiges (also known as Vitigis, Vitigo, Witiges or Wittigis, and in Old Norse as Vigo) (died 542) was king of Ostrogothic Italy from 536 to 540. He succeeded to the throne of Italy in the early stages of the Gothic War of 535–554, as Belisarius had quickly captured Sicily the previous year and was in southern Italy at the head of the forces of Justinian I, the Eastern Roman Emperor. Vitiges was the husband of Queen Amalasuntha's only surviving child, Matasuntha; therefore, his royal legitimacy was based on this marriage. The panegyric upon the wedding in 536 was delivered by Cassiodorus, the praetorian prefect, and survives, a traditionally Roman form of rhetoric that set the Gothic dynasty in a flatteringly Roman light. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vitiges is the 2,455th most popular politician (down from 2,317th in 2019), the 284th most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 279th in 2019) and the 153rd most popular Turkish Politician.

Vitiges is most famous for being the last king of the Ostrogoths, and for being defeated by the Byzantine emperor Justinian I in the Battle of Ravenna.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Vitiges ranks 2,455 out of 19,576. Before him are Emperor Go-Momozono, Jiang Ziya, Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Edwin of Northumbria, Robert, King of Naples, and Peter II of Aragon. After him are Peter, King of Hungary, Emperor Zhongzong of Tang, Oswiu, Win Myint, Empress Go-Sakuramachi, and Ahmed Sékou Touré.

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Among people born in 475, Vitiges ranks 3. Before him are Dionysius Exiguus, and Clotilde. After him is Tribonian. Among people deceased in 542, Vitiges ranks 1. After him are Tribonian, and Caesarius of Arles.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Vitiges ranks 284 out of 1,347. Before him are Flavian of Constantinople (380), Lydia of Thyatira (100), Tansu Çiller (1946), Ctesias (-440), Seleucus II Callinicus (-265), and Alexander of Aphrodisias (200). After him are Celâl Bayar (1883), Eumenes (-362), Strato of Lampsacus (-335), Germanus I of Constantinople (634), Heraclides Ponticus (-385), and Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu (1948).

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Among POLITICIANS In Türkiye

Among politicians born in Türkiye, Vitiges ranks 153. Before him are Adnan Menderes (1899), Phorcys (null), Anchises (null), Dardanus (null), Michael IX Palaiologos (1277), and Seleucus II Callinicus (-265). After him are Celâl Bayar (1883), Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu (1948), John VII Palaiologos (1370), Andronikos IV Palaiologos (1348), Julius Martov (1873), and Tudḫaliya IV (-1300).

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