List of Huns

Hunnish bracelet, 5th century

This is a list of Huns (a Central Asian people who lived in Europe between the 4th and 6th centuries AD) and of people of Hunnish descent, sorted by field and name:

Military commanders

• Attila (c. 406-453), ruler of the Huns from 434 to 453
• Balamber (fl. c. 313 – 378), chieftain, attested to by Jordanes
• Bleda (c. 400-445), brother to Attila and co-leader of the Huns
• Charaton (fl. 412-420), Hun leader, attested to by Olympiodorus
• Dengizich (fl. 454-469), brother to Ernak and Ellac, co-leader of the Huns
• Ellac (fl. 448-454), eldest son of Attila and leader of the Huns until his death at the Battle of Nedao
• Ernak (fl. 454-469), brother to Ernak and Ellac, last known leader of the Huns
• Octar (fl. 420-430), brother to Rugila and co-leader of the Huns
• Rugila (c. 365-435), brother to Octar and co-leader of the Huns
• Tuldila (fl. 458), commander in the Western Roman Empire, of Hunnish descent ^[1]
• Uldin (died c. 412), military leader and ruler of the Huns, who defeated the Gothic magister militum Gainas, sending his head to Arcadius as a diplomatic gift ^[2]

Politicians, ministers, ambassadors, religious figures

• Edeko (fl. 449), prominent Hun, Attila's deputy and his ambassador to the Byzantine Empire (in 449), probably the father of Odoacer ^[3]

Others

• Adamis (fl. 449), Hunnish supervisor
• Atakam (fl. 448), Hun prince and deserter impaled by Attila
• Emnetzur (fl. 460), Hun nobleman, blood relative of Attila
• Eskam's daughter (fl. 448), daughter of Eskam and wife of Attila
• Eslas (fl. 450), Hun orator, negotiator, custodian and ambassador
• Gordas (fl. c. 503 – 528), prince of the Crimean Huns
• Hunor, forefather of the Huns and the Magyars according to Hungarian legend, the ancestor of Attila and Árpád
• Kreka (fl. 448), wife of Attila
• Magor, legendary ancestor of the Huns and the Magyars, an ancestor of Attila and Árpád
• Mamas (fl. 448), Hun prince and deserter impaled by Attila
• Oebarsius (Aybars) (fl. 440), Hunnic nobleman, brother of Mundzuk
• Ortlieb, legendary prince of Burgundian and Hunnic descent, the son of Kriemhild and Etzel
• Sifka, Hunnic princess appearing in the Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks , mother of Hlöd by Heidrek, king of the Geats
• Ultzindur (fl. 460), Hun nobleman, blood relative of Attila

See also

• List of Xiongnu rulers (Chanyus)

References

1. Hughes, Ian (2015). Patricians and Emperors The Last Rulers of the Western Roman Empire. Pen & Sword Books. ISBN   9781473866447 . Retrieved 16 October 2022.
2. Friell, J. G. P.; Williams, Stephen Joseph (1999). The Rome that did not fall: the survival of the East in the fifth century. New York: Routledge. pp. 11–12. ISBN   0-415-15403-0.
3. Marcantonio, Angela (2018). The state of the art of Uralic studies: tradition vs innovation. Sapienza Università Editrice. p. 27. ISBN   9788893770668 . Retrieved 16 October 2022.