Genial

Genial, Genialis, or Genealis was the Duke of Gascony (Vasconia) from 602 to his death in 627. The chief source for his existence is Fredegar.

Genial was probably a Frank or a Gallo-Roman when Theuderic II and Theudebert II appointed him dux over the Basques (Vascones) of southwestern Aquitaine:

Theudebert and Theuderic sent an army against the Wascones and with God's help defeated them, subjected them to their overlordship, and made them pay tribute. They appoited a duke named Genialis, who ruled them well.

Some scholars believe Genial was more of a tribal leader over whom the Frankish sovereigns exercised a vague suzerainty than a Frankish court official sent to the outskirts of the realm to lord it over a subject people. Sometime around 612, Sisebut, king of the Visigoths, reconquered the transpyrenean portion of his realm, diminishing Frankish suzerainty in Vasconia. Genial was succeeded by Aeghyna.

Translation

The word "Genial" occurs as such in the following languages: English, Basque.

Translation(s) in other languages: Spanish: Genial de Vasconia, Russian: Жениал (герцог Васконии).