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'''Huneric''' or '''Hunneric''' or '''Honeric''' (died December 23, 484) was [[King]] of the [[Vandals]] (477–484) and the oldest son of [[Genseric]]. He dropped the imperial politics of his father and concentrated mainly on internal affairs. He was married to [[
Huneric was the first Vandal king who used the title ''King of the Vandals and [[Alans]]''. Despite adopting this style, and that the Vandals maintained their sea-power and their hold on the islands of the western Mediterranean, Huneric did not have the prestige that his father Genseric had enjoyed with other states.
== Biography ==
Huneric was a son of King Gaiseric, and was sent to Italy as a hostage in 435, when his father made a treaty with the emperor Valentinian III. Huneric became king of the Vandals on his father's death in 477. Like Gaiseric he was an Arian, and his reign is chiefly memorable for his persecution of members of the orthodox Christian Church in his dominions.
=== His reign ===
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