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'''Huneric''' or '''Hunneric''' or '''Honeric''' (died December 23, 484) was [[King]] of the (North African) [[Vandal Kingdom]] (477–484) and the oldest son of [[Genseric]]. He abandoned the imperial politics of his father and concentrated mainly on internal affairs. He was married to [[Eudocia (daughter of Valentinian III)|Eudocia]], daughter of [[western Roman Emperor]] [[Valentinian III]] (419–455) and [[Licinia Eudoxia]]. The couple had one child, a son named [[Hilderic]].

 

 

=== His reign ===

Huneric was a fervent adherent to [[Arianism]]. Yet his reign opened with making a number of positive overtures towards the local Roman population. Following the visit of a diplomatic mission from the [[Eastern Roman Empire]] led by Alexander, Huneric restored properties seized by his father from the merchants of [[Carthage]].<ref>Malchus, fragment 13. Translated by C.D. Gordon, ''Age of Attila: Fifth Century Byzantium and the Barbarians'' (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, 1966), p. 125f</ref> He also lifted the policy of persecuting the local [[Roman Catholic church|Roman Catholics]], allowing them to hold a synod wherein they elected a new Catholic bishop of Carthage, [[Eugenius of Carthage|Eugenius]], after a vacancy of 24 years.<ref>[[Victor of Vita]], 2.3-6; translated by John Moorhead, ''Victor of Vita: History of the Vandal Persecution'' (Liverpool: University Press, 1992), pp. 25f</ref>