Named after the daughter of the Ostrogoth king Theodoric the Great (474–526) and regent for his grandson Athalarich during his whole reign (526–534). Amalasuntha (also Amalaswintha) was killed 535 by her cousin Theodahat who succeeded as Ostrogoth king. The assassination gave rise to the intervention in Italy by the Byzantine emperor Justinian I. (483–565). (LDS) _ _.