Ruler · 500 – 503

Ernak

Lived 500 – 503; monarch. King of the Huns (Huns), 453 – 469. The atlas files them under History of the Huns.

Wikidata's English label: Ernakh.

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Lived: 500 – 503; 3 years
In office: 16 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Huns
Left it: ending not on record; nothing on record

King of the Huns

Huns · the 11th of 12 dated reigns · 370 – 469

7 before

Attila434

Bleda434 – 445

Ellac453 – 454

Ernak453 – 469

Dengizich454 – 469

ending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 453 – 469 · 16 years

Came to it: inheritedthe sibling of the ruler before, on record
Left it: ending not on recordnothing on record: no death date to read the end against

He succeeded his older brother Ellac in AD 454, and probably ruled simultaneously over Huns in dual kingship with his brother Dengizich, but in separate divisions in separate lands.

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