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search  Ildibad (Sometimes rendered Hildebad or Heldebadus)
(died 541) was a king of the Ostrogoths in Italy, being chosen
to replace Witiges, who had been engaged in various intregues
with Belisarius, and had left Ravenna. He moved his capital to
Pavia in 540,[1] conquered Treviso, installing his nephew Totila
as commander, and soon controlled Venetia and Liguria.[2]
Ildibald reigned for only about a year before being killed by a
Gepid at a palace banquet. After a brief interlude under Eraric,
he was succeeded by his nephew Totila.  Ildibad was a nephew of
Theudis, one of the Visigothic kings in Spain. This relationship
led Peter Heather to suggest that both belonged to a powerful,
non-royal clan.[3]     1. ^ Herwig Wolfram, History of the Goths
(University of California Press, 1990).   2. ^ Wolfram (1990)
3. ^ Peter Heather, The Goths (Oxford: Blackwell, 1996), p. 242
Regnal titles Preceded by King of the Ostrogoths Succeeded by