Vadamerca

370s) may have been a Gothic princess and Goth royal family member by birth, and consort of the Rex Hunnorum Balamber, possibly the first ruler of the Huns.

The first element is probably Gothic valdan,[1] or waldan, meaning 'to rule (a household), to govern’, from an earlier PGmc walđanan.

[7] According to Jordanes, Vadamerca was the granddaughter of Vinitharius, king of the Goths, and a member of the Amal dynasty.

[8][page needed][9] Arne Søby Christensen notes several chronological problems with Jordanes's narrative surrounding Vadamerca and suggests that it may not be historical.

Vinitharius died on this occasion, as he was killed by king Balamber with an arrow shot to his head.