Ildibad
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Ildibad (Sometimes rendered Hildebad or Heldebadus) (d. 541) was a king of the Ostrogoths in Italy, being chosen to replace Witiges, who had been engaged in complicated schemes with Belisarius and had left Ravenna. Ildibald reigned for only about a year before being killed by a Gepid at a palace banquet. After a brief interlude under Eraric, he was succeeded by his nephew Totila.
Ildibad was actually a Visigoth, a nephew of one of the Visigothic kings in Spain.
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| Preceded by Witiges |
King of the Ostrogoths 540–541 |
Succeeded by Eraric |
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