Editing Huneric (section)

==Early life==
Huneric was a son of King Gaiseric, and was sent to Italy as a hostage in 435, when his father made a treaty with the Western emperor Valentinian III. Huneric became king of the Vandals on his father's death on 25 January 477. Like Gaiseric he was an Arian, and his reign is chiefly memorable for his persecution of Nicene Christians in his dominions.<ref>{{EB1911|inline=x|wstitle=Hunneric|volume=13|page=932}}</ref>

A peace treaty was signed between the Vandals and Romans in 442, in which the Vandals acquired the most fertile regions of Roman Africa. A marriage alliance between Huneric and [[Eudocia (daughter of Valentinian III)|Eudocia]], the four-year old daughter of Emperor [[Valentinian III]], was also made. However, Huneric was already married to the daughter of King [[Theodoric I]]. He divorced her under the claim that she attempted to poison somebody. She returned to the Visigothic Kingdom after her nose and ears were cut off. This action soured relations between the Vandals and Visigoths, who are not known to have attempted contact until 467. Huneric married Eudocia in 455 or 456, after she was taken following the [[Sack of Rome (455)|Sack of Rome]].{{sfn|Conant|2012|pp=21-27}} Huneric renounced his claims to Eudocia's inheritance in 478.{{sfn|Conant|2012|p=38}}

[[Hilderic]] was born from this marriage between c.456 and c.471.{{sfn|Conant|2012|p=34}} Eudocia died after sixteen years of marriage according to the 9th century chronicler [[Theophanes the Confessor]].{{sfn|Conant|2012|p=32}}