Draft:Hortensius (count of Auvergne)

Hortensius was count of Auvergne from 516 to 532, and then from 533.

Life
Hortensius was a patrician and senator of Clermont from the auvergnan aristocracy, stil culturally roman.

In 516 he was granted the title of count of Auvergne by Theuderic I, king of the franks, that marched against Auvergne.

In 532 he was replaced by Sigivald after a power struggle between Theuderic and his brother, Childebert I, for the county of Auvergne. A few months later, however, Sigivald was replaced by Becco and then Hortensius was reinstated in 533.