Wallia

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Wallia, Walha, or Vallia (Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽, Spanish: Walia, Portuguese Vália), (c. 385 – 418) was king of the Visigoths from 415 to 418. He was elected to the throne after Visigothic Kings Athaulf and Sigeric were both assassinated in 415. One of Wallia's most notable achievements was negotiating an agreement with the Western Roman emperor Honorius in 416, under which the Visigoths provided military service to the Western Roman Empire. In 418, they were settled in Aquitania (a region in modern-day France), marking a significant step towards the eventual establishment of a Visigothic kingdom in the Iberian Peninsula. Wallia was succeeded by Theodoric I.

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