Ereleuva

Ereleuva (born before AD 440, died c. 500? ) was the mother of the Ostrogothic king Theodoric the Great. She is often referred to as the concubine of Theodoric's father, Theodemir, although that Gelasius refers to her as regina ("queen") suggests that she had a prominent social position despite the informality of her union with Theodemir. As she had been baptized as a Catholic and Theodemir, like most Ostrogoths, was probably a follower of Arianism, their marriage was not considered entirely religiously valid.

Ereleuva's name was variously spelled by historians in antiquity as Ereriliva (by the fragmentary chronicle of Anonymus Valesianus, c. 527 ) and Erelieva (by Jordanes), and is now largely known to modern historians as Ereleuva, as she was addressed most frequently by Pope Gelasius I.