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Alaric (name)

Alaric is a masculine German people 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.

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Alaric
Alaric (name)

Alaric is a masculine German people 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 likely born about 370 on an Peuce Island at the mouth of the Danube. He was king of the Visigoths from 395–410 and the first Germanic peoples leader to take the city of Rome....
     king of Visigoths / Barbarian general in the Roman army. Sacked Rome in 410 CE


In fiction:
  • Alaric, Duke of Dunstable, a character in a number of P. G. Wodehouse
    P. G. Wodehouse

    Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, Order of the British Empire was a comic writer who enjoyed enormous popular success during a career of more than seventy years and continues to be widely read....
    's 'Blandings Castle' novels
  • Alaric the Mad, a master dwarven rune smith in the Warhammer Fantasy realm
  • Alaric Darconville, the title character of Alexander Theroux
    Alexander Theroux

    Alexander Theroux is a novelist, poet, and essayist.He was born in Medford, Massachusetts. His brother is Paul Theroux. He studied at Harvard...
    's novel Darconville's Cat
    Darconville's Cat

    Darconville's Cat is a novel by Alexander Theroux. 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
    Stephen King

    Stephen Edwin King is an United States author of contemporary horror fiction, fantasy fiction and science fiction.Having sold an estimated List of bestselling fiction authors of his books, King is best known for his work in horror fiction, in which he demonstrates a thorough knowledge of the genre's history....
    's series The Dark Tower
    The Dark Tower (series)

    The Dark Tower is a heptalogy written by American author Stephen King between 1970 and 2004. The series incorporates themes from multiple genres, including fantasy fiction, science fantasy, horror fiction and Western fiction elements....
  • Justicar Alaric, the leader of the detachment of Grey Knights in the book Grey Knight, by Ben Counter, in the fictional universe of Warhammer 40,000
  • Alaric Morgan
    Alaric Morgan

    Alaric Morgan is a fictional character in the Deryni novels of historical fantasy novels by Katherine Kurtz....
    , the seventh Duke of Corwyn in the fictional universe of the Deryni novels of Katherine Kurtz
  • 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 of his short story and novels are set in Canada's Maritime Provinces....
  • Richard Alaric Zeeman, a Werewolf clan leader in the Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter Hunter Novels by Laurell K. Hamilton


In other uses:
  • HMS Alaric (P441)
    HMS Alaric (P441)

    HMS Alaric , was an Amphion class submarine submarine of the Royal Navy, built by Cammell Laird and launched 18 February 1946....
     was a submarine of the British Royal Navy.
  • , an EFT payment systems and card fraud detection software company
  • Alaric Lee, President of the ABACUS Society in London, United Kingdom