Theodahad

Theodahad (living since 507 or 511 - 536) was the king of the Ostrogoths from 534 to 536 and a nephew of Theodoric the Great through his sister. He might have arrived in Italy with Theodoric and was an elderly person at succession. Witiges ordered him killed, and succeeded him in the kingship.

Ostrogoth king of Italy (534–6). The nephew of King Theodoric, he was invited to share the throne with his cousin, Amalasuntha (543), on the death of her son Athalaric. He took the title of king, but Amalasuntha opposed the Ostrogoth nationalist faction and continued to rule as before. Theodahad had her exiled to an island in L Bolsena near Orvieto, where she was later strangled. Justinian responded by sending his general, Belisarius, to march on Rome (536). Theodahad was deposed and fled for Ravenna, but was captured and killed by a Goth.