Amalric
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Amalric is a personal name derived from the tribal name Amal (referring to the Gothic Amali
) and ric (Gothic
reiks) meaning "ruler, prince".
Amali
The Amali, also called Amals or Amalings, were the leading dynasty of the Goths, a Germanic people who confronted the Roman Empire in its declining years in the west...
) and ric (Gothic
Gothic language
Gothic is an extinct Germanic language that was spoken by the Goths. It is known primarily from the Codex Argenteus, a 6th-century copy of a 4th-century Bible translation, and is the only East Germanic language with a sizable Text corpus...
reiks) meaning "ruler, prince".
- AmalaricAmalaricAmalaric, or in Spanish and Portuguese, Amalarico, was king of the Visigoths from 526 until his assassination in 531. He was a son of king Alaric II and his first wife Theodegotho, daughter of Theodoric the Great....
, King of the Visigoths from 526 to 531 - MalaricMalaricMalaric or Amalaric was the last man to claim the kingship of the Suevi of Galicia. In 585, after the last king, Audeca, was defeated and captured by the Visigoths, Malaric rose in rebellion, but was, according to John of Biclar, "defeated by King Leovigild's generals and was captured and presented...
, King of the Suevi 585 - Amalric of Nesle, Patriarch of Jerusalem from 1158 to 1180
- Amalric I of JerusalemAmalric I of JerusalemAmalric I of Jerusalem was King of Jerusalem 1163–1174, and Count of Jaffa and Ascalon before his accession. Amalric was the second son of Melisende of Jerusalem and Fulk of Jerusalem...
, King of Jerusalem from 1162 to 1174 - Amalric II of JerusalemAmalric II of JerusalemAmalric II of Jerusalem or Amalric I of Cyprus, born Amalric of Lusignan , King of Jerusalem 1197–1205, was an older brother of Guy of Lusignan....
, King of Jerusalem from 1197 to 1205 - Amalric of BenaAmalric of BenaAmalric of Bena was a French theologian, after whom the Amalricians are named.-Biography:He was born in the latter part of the 12th century at Bennes, a village between Ollé and Chauffours in the diocese of Chartres....
, French theologian ca. 1200 AD - Arnaud AmalricArnaud AmalricArnaud Amalric was a Cistercian church leader who took a prominent role in the Albigensian Crusade. He is remembered for allegedly giving advice to a soldier wondering how to distinguish the Catholic friendlies from the Cathar enemies to just "Kill them all...
, seventeenth abbot of Citeaux, died 1225 - Amalric, Prince of TyreAmalric, Prince of TyreAmalric de Lusignan or Amaury II de Lusignan, Prince of Tyre , of the Lusignan family, was a son of Hugh III of Cyprus and Isabella of Ibelin.-Biography:...
, Governor of Cyprus from 1306 to 1310 - Mathieu AmalricMathieu AmalricMathieu Amalric is a French actor and film director, perhaps best known internationally for his performance as the lead villain in Bond film Quantum Of Solace and for his role in The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, for which he drew critical acclaim...
, French actor and director born in 1965 - Leonid AmalrikLeonid AmalrikLeonid Alekseyevich Amalrik was a Russian animator and animation director.He was born on July 8, 1905 in Moscow. He graduated from the State college of cinema in 1928. From 1926, he worked in Mezhrabpom-Rus studio . In 1936 he moved to the newly created Soyuzmultfilm studio...
(1905–1997), Soviet animator - Andrei AmalrikAndrei AmalrikAndrei Alekseevich Amalrik , alternatively spelled Andrei or Andrey, was a Russian writer and dissident....
(1938–1980), Soviet dissident