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Alaric
Alaric (name)
Alaric is a masculine Germanic given name that, broken into its parts means Ala "everyone's" and ric "ruler". This has various forms in the several Germanic languages, such as Alareiks in the original Gothic and Alrekr in Old Norse...

is a Germanic name.

Alaric may also refer to:

In history:
  • Alaric I
    Alaric I
    Alaric I was the King of the Visigoths from 395–410. Alaric is most famous for his sack of Rome in 410, which marked a decisive event in the decline of the Roman Empire....

    , king of Visigoths / Barbarian general in the Roman army. Sacked Rome in 410
  • Alaric II
    Alaric II
    Alaric II, also known as Alarik, Alarich, and Alarico in Spanish and Portuguese or Alaricus in Latin succeeded his father Euric on December 28, 484, in Toulouse. He established his capital at Aire-sur-l'Adour in Aquitaine...

    , king of the Visigoths (485–507)
  • Alaric
    Alrek and Eirík
    Alaric and Eric , were two legendary kings of Sweden. and may have lived in the 5th century- In the Ynglinga saga :...

    , a legendary Swea ruler


In fiction:
  • Alaric, Duke of Dunstable, a character in a number of P. G. Wodehouse
    P. G. Wodehouse
    Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, KBE was an English humorist, whose body of work includes novels, short stories, plays, poems, song lyrics, and numerous pieces of journalism. He enjoyed enormous popular success during a career that lasted more than seventy years and his many writings continue to be...

    's 'Blandings Castle' novels
  • Alaric the Mad, a master dwarven rune smith in the Warhammer Fantasy realm
    Warhammer Fantasy (setting)
    Warhammer Fantasy is a fantasy setting, created by Games Workshop, which is used by many of the company's games. Some of the best-known games set in this world are: the table top wargame Warhammer Fantasy Battle, the Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay pen-and-paper role-playing game, and the MMORPG...

  • Alaric Darconville, the title character of Alexander Theroux's novel Darconville's Cat
    Darconville's Cat
    Darconville's Cat is a novel by Alexander Theroux, first published in 1981. The main story is a love affair between Alaric Darconville, an English professor at a Virginia women's college, and one of his students, Isabel....

  • Alaric Deschain, Roland Deschain's grandfather in Stephen King's series The Dark Tower (series)
    The Dark Tower (series)
    The Dark Tower is a series of books written by American author Stephen King, which incorporates themes from multiple genres, including fantasy, science fantasy, horror and western. It describes a "Gunslinger" and his quest toward a tower, the nature of which is both physical and metaphorical. King...

  • Alaric Morgan
    Alaric Morgan
    Alaric Morgan is a fictional character in the Deryni series of historical fantasy novels by Katherine Kurtz.-Character introduction:Alaric Anthony Morgan is the seventh Duke of Corwyn and Lord General of the Royal Armies of Gwynedd. He is a close advisor and friend of both King Brion Haldane and...

    , the seventh Duke of Corwyn in the fictional universe of the Deryni novels of Katherine Kurtz
  • Alaric Saltzman, history teacher at Mystic Falls High School in The Vampire Diaries
    The Vampire Diaries
    The Vampire Diaries is a young adult vampire horror series of novels written by L. J. Smith. The story centers around Elena Gilbert, a high school girl torn between two vampire brothers. The series was originally a trilogy published in 1991, but pressure from readers led Smith to write a fourth...

  • Alaric Tudor, one of the clerks in Anthony Trollope
    Anthony Trollope
    Anthony Trollope was one of the most successful, prolific and respected English novelists of the Victorian era. Some of his best-loved works, collectively known as the Chronicles of Barsetshire, revolve around the imaginary county of Barsetshire...

    's novel The Three Clerks
  • Alaric Vas, a supporting character and mother of protagonist Fabian Vas in the novel The Bird Artist by Howard Norman
    Howard Norman
    Howard A. Norman , is an American award-winning writer and educator. Most of his short stories and novels are set in Canada's Maritime Provinces. He has written several translations of Algonquin, Cree, Eskimo, and Inuit folklore. His books have been translated into 12 languages.-Early...

  • Alaric, high priest of Poseidon's Temple in Atlantis in Alyssa Day's Warriors of Poseidon series


In other uses:
  • HMS Alaric (P441)
    HMS Alaric (P441)
    HMS Alaric , was an Amphion-class submarine of the Royal Navy, built by Cammell Laird and launched 18 February 1946.-External links:*...

    was a submarine of the British Royal Navy.
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