Huoching of Alamannia

Male Abt 675 - Abt 744  (~ 69 years)


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  • Name Huoching of Alamannia  [1
    Born Abt 675  [1
    Gender Male 
    Died Abt 744  [1
    Notes 
    • Huoching of Alamannia (ca. 675-744) was an Alamannic nobleman. According to the 9th century Vita Hiudowici by Thegan, he was the son of Gotfrid Agilolfing (ca. 650-709). Huoching's son Hnabi (Nebi) was the founder of the Ahalolfings dynasty which rose to prominence in Alamannia in the Carolingian period. The Agilofing descent has been doubted in scholarship. Wenskus has suggested a connection of Huoching and Hnabi to the historical Nibelungs. Jänichen (1976) compares the father-and-son pair Hoc and Hnaef in Old English heroic poetry (Beowulf, Finnsburgh fragment, Widsith) suggesting that Huoching and Hnabi are the historical template for these names in later heroic poetry. In this, Jänichen is following a suggestion made as early as 1849 by John Mitchell Kemble in History of the Saxons in England (p. 419).
    Person ID I1001  Bosdet Genealogy
    Last Modified 16 May 2013 

    Father Gotfrid, Duke of Alemannia,   d. 709 
    Relationship Natural 
    Mother Unknown 
    Relationship Natural 
    Family ID F2219  Group Sheet

    Children 
     1. Hnabi, Duke of Alamannia,   b. Abt 710,   d. Abt 788  (Age ~ 78 years)
    Family ID F1454  Group Sheet

  • Sources 
    1. [S174] Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huoching.