Theodemir, Theodemar, Theudemer or Theudimer was a Germanic name common among the various

Germanic peoples The Germanic peoples were historical groups of people that once occupied Central Europe and Scandinavia during antiquity and into the early Middle Ages. Since the 19th century, they have traditionally been defined by the use of ancient and e ...

early medieval The Early Middle Ages (or early medieval period), sometimes controversially referred to as the Dark Ages, is typically regarded by historians as lasting from the late 5th or early 6th century to the 10th century. They marked the start of the Mi ...

Europe. According to Smaragdus of Saint-Mihiel (9th century), the form ''Theudemar'' is

Frankish Frankish may refer to: * Franks, a Germanic tribe and their culture ** Frankish language or its modern descendants, Franconian languages * Francia, a post-Roman state in France and Germany * East Francia, the successor state to Francia in Germany ...

and ''Theudemir'' is Gothic.W. Haubrichs, in discussion of D. H. Green (2007), "Linguistic and Literary Traces of the Ostrogoths", ''The Ostrogoths from the Migration Period to the Sixth Century: An Ethnographic Perspective'', Sam J. Barnish and Federico Marazzi, edd., part of ''Studies in Historical Archaeoethnology'', Volume 7, Giorgio Ausenda, series ed. (Oxford: Boydell Press, .), p. 409. * Theodemer (Frankish king), early 5th century *

Theodemir (Ostrogothic king) Theodemir or Thiudimer was king of the Ostrogoths of the Amal Dynasty, and father of Theoderic the Great. He had two "brothers" (actually brothers-in-law) named Valamir and Videmir. Theodemir was Arian, while his wife Erelieva was Catholic and to ...

(died 475), Ostrogothic king *

Theodemir (Suebian king) Theodemir or Theodemar (also ''Teodomiro'', la, Theodemirus; died 570) was one of the last Suevic kings of Galicia and one of the first Chalcedonian Christians to hold the title. He succeeded Ariamir sometime between the end of May 561 and the y ...

(died 570), Suevic King of Galicia *

Theodemir (Visigoth) Theodemir or Theudimer (died 743) was a Visigothic ''comes'' (count) prominent in the southeast of Carthaginensis (the region around Murcia) during the last decades of the Visigothic kingdom and for several years after the Moorish conquest. He ru ...

(died 743), Visigothic nobleman * Theodemir (saint) (died 851), Spanish saint * Theodemar of Monte Cassino (), abbot of Monte Cassino * Theodemir of Iria (died 847), bishop of Iria Flavia * Theodemir (bishop of Mondoñedo), flourished 972–77

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