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Dengizich (died in 469), was a Hunnic ruler and son of Attila. After Attila's death in 453 AD, his empire crumbled and its remains were ruled by his three sons, Ellac, Dengizich and Ernak.
Dengizich (died in 469), was a Hunnic ruler and son of Attila. After Attila's death in 453 AD, his empire crumbled and its remains were ruled by his three sons, Ellac, Dengizich and Ernak. He succeeded his older brother Ellac in 454 AD, and probably ruled simultaneously over the Huns in dual kingshi.
Dengizich was the second son of Attila the Hun and Kreka, who succeeded his elder brother Ellac as the ruler of the Hunnic Empire. He fought against the Goths and the Romans, but was killed by Anagastes in 469 AD.
Ernak was the last known ruler of the Huns, and the third son of Attila. After Attila's death in 453 AD, his Empire crumbled and its remains were ruled by his three sons, Ellac, Dengizich and Ernak.
After Attila's death in 453 AD, his empire crumbled, and its remains were ruled by his three sons, Ellac, Dengizich and Ernak. He ruled briefly and died at the Battle of Nedao in 454 AD. Ellac was succeeded by his brothers, Dengizich and Ernak.
Attila’s sons, Ellac, Dengizich, and Ernakh, divided the empire. The Hun vassals saw Attila’s death as an opportunity to rid themselves of their overlords. Led by Ardaric the Gepid, the Gepids and Goths shattered the Hun supremacy in an epic battle by the Nedao (Nedava) River in 454 or 455.
Dengizich (spelled Δεγγιζίχ/Dengizikh in Priscus' account; spelled Dikkiz on a silver plate;[1] died 468[2] or 469[3]), ruler of the Akatziroi, was a son of Attila. The other forms of his name are Denzic (Marcellinus Comes, Chronicon, s. a. 469) and Dintzic (Jordanes, Getica 272).
