The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Hunneric

HUNNERIC, a king of the Vandals in Africa, who flourished in the 5th century; d. 484. He succeeded his father, Genseric, in 477. In 435 he was sent to Italy as a hostage. He married a daughter of Theodoric, a king of the Visigoths. When she was suspected of an attempt against his life of his father, Hunneric caused her ears and nose to be cut off and sent her home. He later married Eudocia, daughter of Valentinian III, emperor of Rome.