In 822, as a deeply religious man, Louis performed penance for causing Bernard's death, at his palace of Attigny near Vouziers in the Ardennes, before Pope Paschal I, and a council of ecclesiastics and nobles of the realm that had been convened for the reconciliation of Louis with his three younger half-brothers, Hugo whom he soon made abbot of St-Quentin, Drogo whom he soon made Bishop of Metz, and Theodoric.

He identified the Visigothic kings from Alaric I to Alaric II as the heirs of the fourth-century Tervingian king Athanaric and the Ostrogothic kings from Theodoric the Great to Theodahad as the heirs of the Greuthungian king Ermanaric.

* 456 – The Visigoths under king Theodoric II, acting on orders of the Roman emperor Avitus, invade Spain with an army of Burgundians, Franks and Goths, led by the kings Chilperic I and Gondioc.

He identified the Visigothic kings from Alaric I to Alaric II as the heirs of the 4th-century Tervingian king Athanaric and the Ostrogothic kings from Theodoric the Great to Theodahad as the heirs of the Greuthungian king Ermanaric.

* Theodoric I ( 419 – 451 )

After learning of the Hun invasion, Flavius Aetius ( magister militum ) moves quickly from Italy into Gaul, and joined forces with the Visigoth king Theodoric I.

The Roman coalition defeat the Huns, but Theodoric I is killed in the encounter.

* Thorismund succeeds his father Theodoric I as king of the Visigoths.

* Theodoric I, king of the Visigoths

* Euric, Visigothic king and son of Theodoric I ( d. 484 )

* Flavius Aetius, Roman general ( magister militum ), arrives in southern Gaul with an army ( 40, 000 men ) and defeats the Visigoths under king Theodoric I who besiege the strategic city of Arles.

Theodoric I, by Felix Castello ( 1635 )

* King Theodoric I besiege the city of Narbonne, the Visigoths obtain access to the Mediterranean Sea and the roads to the Pyrenees.

During the decisive battle before the walls he suffers a severe defeat, and only the heavy loss of Visigoths makes king Theodoric I decide to agree to a provisional restoration of the status quo.

Flavius Aetius, Roman general ( magister militum ), musters in Gaul an army of Burgundians, Celts, Ripuarians, Salian Franks and Visigoths under the command of the Visigoth king Theodoric I.

* October 5 – The Visigoths under king Theodoric II, acting on orders of Avitus, invade Spain with an army of Burgundians, Franks and Goths, led by their kings Chilperic I and Gondioc.

* Theodoric the Great allies with the Franks and marries Audofleda, sister of Clovis I.

* King Theodoric the Great sends pope John I to Constantinople to negotiate a withdrawal of Byzantine emperor Justin's edict against Arian Christianity.

Theodoric the Great finds that he has been only partly successful in persuading the Byzantine emperor Justin I to withdraw his edict against Arian Christianity, and throws the pope into prison.

* Emperor Anastasius I gives formal recognition to the Ostrogoth king Theodoric the great as his representative ( viceroy ) in Italy.

* Theodoric Strabo signs a peace treaty with Leo I and according to the terms the Goths are paid with an annual tribute of 2, 000 pounds of gold.

Otto II then had Charles crown as King of France by Theodoric I, Bishop of Metz.

* Flavius Aetius, Roman general ( magister militum ), secures the besieged city of Narbonne ( Southern Gaul ) against king Theodoric I.

* The Ostrogoth prince Theodoric, age 15, returns to Pannonia after he has lived as a child hostage at the court of emperor Leo I in Constantinople ( see 459 ).

Theodoric is forced to sign a peace treaty and becomes an foederati of the Western Roman Empire.

Theodoric the Great selects Felix IV as his successor and becomes the 54th pope.

He was a son of king Alaric II and his first wife Theodegotho, daughter of Theodoric the Great.

In 490, Alaric assisted his fellow Gothic king, Theodoric the Great, in his conquest of Italy by dispatching an army to raise Odoacer's siege of Pavia, where Theodoric had been trapped.

Despite the diplomatic intervention of Theodoric, king of the Ostrogoths and father-in-law of Alaric, Clovis led his followers into Visigothic territory.

Gesalec proved incompetent, and in 511 king Theodoric assumed the throne of the kingdom ostensibly on behalf of Amalaric — Heather uses the word " hijacked " to describe his action.

* 489 – Theodoric, king of the Ostrogoths defeats Odoacer at the Battle of Isonzo, forcing his way into Italy.

A description of them is given in a letter of Theodoric, the king of the Ostrogoths.

Theodoric became king of the Ostrogothic Kingdom in 493 and died in 526.

* 502 – The Synodus Palmaris, called by Gothic king Theodoric the Great, discharges Pope Symmachus of all charges, thus ending the schism of Antipope Laurentius.

* 489 – Battle of Verona: The Ostrogoths under king Theodoric the Great defeat the forces of Odoacer for the second time at Verona ( Northern Italy ).

Theodoric the Great (; ;, Theuderikhos ; ; ; 454 – August 30, 526 ) was king of the Ostrogoths ( 471 – 526 ), ruler of Italy ( 493 – 526 ), regent of the Visigoths ( 511 – 526 ), and a viceroy of the Eastern Roman Empire.

Not long after Theodoric became king, the two men worked out an arrangement beneficial to both sides.

* 493: Theodoric the Ostrogoth ousts Odoacer to become king of Italy.

* Theudis, sword-bearer of former king Theodoric the Great, succeeds Amalaric as new ruler of the Visigoths.

* Theodoric II succeeds his brother Thorismund as king of the Visigoths.

From 511 to 526, the Visigoths were ruled by Theodoric the Great of the Ostrogoths as de jure regent for the young Amalaric.

* Battle of Arelate: Majorian defeats the Visigoths under king Theodoric II at Arles ( Southern Gaul ) near the Rhone River.

* Theodoric II, king of the Visigoths

* King Theodoric the Great sends an Ostrogoth army, led by his sword-bearer Theudis, and drives the Franks out of Provence and recovers Septimania ( Languedoc ) from the Visigoths.

* The Visigoths under king Theodoric II recapture Septimania ( Southern Gaul ) after the assassination of Majorian and invade Hispania again.

Despite this alliance, Thrasamund failed to aid Theodoric when the Byzantine Navy ravaged the coast of southern Italy, preventing him from coming assist King Alaric of the Visigoths in the Battle of Vouillé, which contributed to Alaric's defeat.

During a battle near Orléans the Visigoths under king Theodoric II are defeated by the Franks while crossing the Loire River.

A relative of Theudis, sword-bearer of Theodoric the Great and king of the Visigoths, Totila was elected king by Ostrogothic nobles in the autumn of 541 after King Witigis had been carried off prisoner to Constantinople.

The imperial army defeated the Visigoths under king Theodoric II at the Battle of Arelate, forcing the Visigoths to abandon Septimania and withdraw west to Aquitania.

Majorian chose his trusted general Aegidius as the new magister militum per Gallias ( military commander of Gaul ) and sent an envoy in Hispania, to report the victory over the Visigoths and the new treaty with Theodoric II.

The first known bearer of the name was Theodoric I, son of Alaric I, king of the Visigoths ( d. 451 ).

* Theodoric I ( died 451 ), king of the Visigoths