Friday, March 15, 2013

Attila's Family


  "The Huns." The Huns- All Empires. Ed. Invictus. All Empires, 2001. Web. 27 Feb. 2013 <http://www.allempires.com/article/index.php?q=huns>.


Attila the Hun had multiple wives and several children. Attila's last wife was Hildico, a Germanic princess. Attila died on his wedding night with her, choking on his own blood from a nosebleed to which the Hun king was prone, after heavy drinking in 453 AD.
 
One of Attila's would-be wives was Honoria, sister to the Emperor Valentinian III, who was banished to a convent for an act of indiscretion, and she offered herself as a wife to Attila along with half of the Western Roman Empire. This proposition sparked the largest and bloodiest battle of ancient times, the Battle of Chalons in 451 AD. The victory was left to the Romans.

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