I decided to do an additional check on Genseric, also called Gaiseric, the Vandal king. He had an extremely successful and long lasting rule, but when he died named his oldest son king in the Roman manner, rather than have the army elect the king in the Germanic manner. This son was a brutal tyrant and led to the fading of the Vandal success and perhaps their bad name? A very interesting read of a complex time in changing empires and powers. Constantinople was already acting quite independently of Rome although the schism in doctrine had not yet occurred.
http://homepages.rpi.edu/~holmes/Hobbies/Genealogy2/ps15/ps15_208.htm
His daughter started a singing group. ;’)