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Justa Grata Honoria

Justa Grata Honoria

Female - Yes, date unknown    Has more than 100 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Justa Grata Honoria  
    Gender Female 
    Death Yes, date unknown 
    Siblings 1 Sibling 
    Person ID I329698  Geneagraphie
    Last Modified 22 Aug 2006 

    Father Constantius, III,   b. Naissus Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Sep 421, Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, Italia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Aelia Galla Placidia,   b. Abt 390   d. 27 Nov 450 (Age 60 years) 
    Marriage Jan 417 
    Family ID F46899  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Eugenius   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F101586  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 22 Aug 2006 

    Family 2 Sublime Khan Attila the Hun,   b. Abt 396   d. 453 (Age 57 years) 
    Family ID F101584  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Nov 2009 

    Family 3 Flavius Bassus Herculanus   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F101585  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Nov 2009 

  • Notes 
    • Coins of her attest that she was granted the title of Augusta .
      One of several striking examples, in which Late Antique history seems to abound, of strong women whose scope of action was restricted by her gender, she seems to have despised her brother for his weakness and lack of energy, and attempted to do away with him using as an instrument her lover, the palace comptroller Eugenius. When found out, she was hurriedly betrothed to Flavius Bassus Herculanus, a senatorial nonentity: at which point she achieved her greatest notoriety, writing a letter to Attila the Hun in spring 450 asking him to save her from the unwanted marriage. Taking the letter - which came with her ring as proof it was sent by her - as a betrothal and thus an invitation to invade the Western Roman Empire , using the letter as his excuse and "asking for half of the western Empire as dowry", Attila ravaged Gaul and Italy from 451 to 453 .
      Only the influence of their mother Galla Placidia convinced Valentinian to exile, rather than kill, Honoria, after the emperor discovered his sister's plan.
      The sources for Honoria's life are Merobaudes, Carmina, I; Priscus, fragments 2, 7, 8, De legibus gentium; John of Antioch, frag. 84 De insidiis; and Jordanes, Get. 223 Rom. 328.



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