Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 02-03-2022.

Submitted and Maintained by Bill Marshall, bill.marshall@verizon.net.


Additions and corrections appreciated (especially with sources). My current list of sources is here. Homepage here.

Index of Medieval and Ancient Lines is here, notable people here, and Gedcom may be downloaded here.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.


Individual Page


Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Matasuentha Birth: Abt 520 Death: After 550
  2. Athalaric King Of Italy Birth: 516 Death: 534

Bibliography
  1. Amory, Patrick, People and Identity in Ostrogothic Italy 489-554. Cambridge: University Press, 1997. NYPL JFE 01-1466. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Amory Ostrogoths p[0-9]*].
  2. Burns, Thomas S, A History of the Ostrogoths, Bloomington, IN: Indiana Univ Press, 1984. SF Library 940.1 B9375h. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Burns Ostrogoths p[0-9]*].
  3. Previte-Orton, C. W., The Shorter Cambridge Medieval History, Cambridge: University Press, 1952. Reprinted with corrections 1960. Available at (part 1) http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.149173 and (part 2) http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.149602. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CMH p[0-9]*].
  4. Settipani, Christian, Continuite Gentilice et Continuite Familiale Dans Les Familles Senatoriales Romaines, A L'Epoque Imperiale, Mythe et Realite. Linacre, UK: Prosopographica et Genealogica, 2000. ILL. NYPL ASY (Rome) 03-983. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Settipani RomSen p[0-9]*].
  5. Wagner, Anthony, Pedigree and Progress, Essays in the Genealogical Interpretation of History, London, Philmore, 1975. Rutgers Alex CS4.W33. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Wagner PedigreeProgress #[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
abt 500 [Ref: Settipani RomSen p430],
parents:
[Ref: Amory Ostrogoths p448, Amory Ostrogoths p486, Burns Ostrogoths p97, CMH p132, Settipani RomSen p430, Wagner PedigreeProgress #28]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Burns Ostrogoths p97, CMH p132, Settipani RomSen p430, Wagner PedigreeProgress #28]
534 [Ref: Amory Ostrogoths p486]
Sources with Information about marriage to Eutharic Of Amal
date:
[Ref: Amory Ostrogoths p450, Settipani RomSen p430],
child:
[Ref: Amory Ostrogoths p486, Burns Ostrogoths p97, CMH p132, Settipani RomSen p430, Wagner PedigreeProgress #28]
Research Notes:
528: Regent of Italy [Ref: Wagner PedigreeProgress #28]
534: Queen of Italy [Ref: Wagner PedigreeProgress #28]

not a soldier, despite the rhetoric of "Var II.1" [Ref: Amory Ostrogoths p448]

well educated, fluent in Latin, Greek, and Gothic [Ref: Amory Ostrogoths p448]

insisted that her son Athalaricus be brought up with a "Roman" education, according to Procopius, which roused opposition among certain Goths, apparently more because of his consequent ignorance of warfare than his ignorance of any Gothic culture [Ref: Amory Ostrogoths p448]

requested political asylum from Constantinople; later used as an excuse by Justinian for his invasion of Italy [Ref: Amory Ostrogoths p448]



Pedigree of Amalasuntha Queen Of Italy
          /-----Theodemir I King Of Ostrogoths
 /-----Theoderic I The Grand King Of Ostrogoths Of Italy
|         \-----Erelieva
Amalasuntha Queen Of Italy
|                                                               /-----Ragaise Frank Chief
|                                                      /-----Malaric I First Frank King In Toxandrie
|                                             /-----Priarios Frank King In Toxandrie
|                                            |         \-----(Unknown) Of Belgica
|                                    /-----Sunno Frank General
|                           /-----Merovee Frank Prince
|                          |        |         /-----Merwig I King Of Thuringe
|                          |         \-----Merowna
|                  /-----Merovee I King Of France
|                 |        |         /-----Asturius
|                 |         \-----Hatilde
|         /-----Childeric I King Of France
|        |        |                                             /-----Malaric I First Frank King In Toxandrie
|        |        |                                    /-----Mellobaude Frank King Of Worms
|        |        |                                   |         \-----(Unknown) Of Belgica
|        |        |                           /-----Richimir Frank Chief
|        |        |                  /-----Theodemir Frank Chief
|        |        |                 |        |         /-----Ascyllius
|        |        |                 |         \-----Ascyla
|        |        |         /-----Clodion Le CHEVELU, Salic Frank King
|        |        |        |        |         /-----Chlogio I King Of Koeln
|        |        |        |         \-----Blesinde
|        |        |        |                  \-----Blesinde
|        |         \-----Chlodeswinthe
|        |                 |         /-----Marcomir Frank Chief Of Koeln
|        |                  \-----Ildegonde De COLOGNE
|        |                           \-----Ildegonde Of Lombardy
 \-----Audofleda
         |         /-----Chlodwig I King Of Koeln
          \-----Basina Of Thuringia
                   \-----Basina De SAXE



Descendants of Amalasuntha Queen Of Italy
1. Amalasuntha Queen Of Italy m. Eutharic Of Amal
m. Eutharic Of Amal

2nd generation

2. Matasuentha m1. Witigis King Of Italy m2. Germanus Patrician, General
m. Witigis King Of Italy
m. Germanus Patrician, General