Kingdom of the Suebi

E247669
Germanic kingdom historical state post-Roman kingdom

The Kingdom of the Suebi was a Germanic kingdom established in the early 5th century in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula, centered in Gallaecia (modern-day Galicia and northern Portugal), and is considered one of the first stable post-Roman barbarian kingdoms in Western Europe.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Kingdom of the Suebi canonical 5
Suebi Kingdom 2
Suebi in Gallaecia 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Germanic kingdom ⓘ
historical state ⓘ
post-Roman kingdom ⓘ
borderedBy Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Bay of Biscay ⓘ
surface form: Cantabrian Sea

Visigothic Kingdom ⓘ
capital Bracara Augusta ⓘ
Braga ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
currency siliqua ⓘ
endTime 585 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Suebi ⓘ
followedBy Visigothic Kingdom ⓘ
foundedBy Hermeric ⓘ
Suebi ⓘ
governmentType monarchy ⓘ
hasCapitalIn Galicia ⓘ
surface form: Gallaecia
hasPopulationCharacteristic mixture of Germanic settlers and Roman provincial population ⓘ
historicalRegion Hispania (probable) ⓘ
surface form: Hispania
language Germanic languages ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
legalSystem combination of Germanic customary law and late Roman law ⓘ
locatedIn Gallaeci ⓘ
surface form: Gallaecia

modern-day Galicia ⓘ
northern Portugal ⓘ
northwest of the Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
militaryConflict conflicts with the Roman authorities in Hispania ⓘ
wars with the Visigoths ⓘ
namedAfter Suebi ⓘ
partOf Late Antiquity polities ⓘ
post-Roman successor states in Western Europe ⓘ
precededBy Western Roman Empire ⓘ
recognizedAs one of the first stable barbarian kingdoms in Western Europe ⓘ
religion Arianism ⓘ
surface form: Arian Christianity

Germanic paganism ⓘ
Nicene Christianity ⓘ
ruler Audeca ⓘ
Chararic ⓘ
Hermeric ⓘ
Miro ⓘ
Rechiar ⓘ
Rechila ⓘ
significantEvent annexation by the Visigothic Kingdom in 585 ⓘ
conversion from Arianism to Nicene Christianity ⓘ
settlement in Gallaecia in 409 ⓘ
startTime 409 ⓘ
early 5th century ⓘ
timePeriod 5th century ⓘ
6th century ⓘ
usedScript Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Suebi → formedPolity → Kingdom of the Suebi ⓘ
Kingdom of Toledo → followed → Kingdom of the Suebi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Suebi Kingdom
Praetorian Prefecture of the Gauls → followedBy → Kingdom of the Suebi ⓘ
Hermeric → country → Kingdom of the Suebi ⓘ
Rechila → country → Kingdom of the Suebi ⓘ
Rechila → governedPeople → Kingdom of the Suebi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Suebi in Gallaecia
Rechiarius → countryRuled → Kingdom of the Suebi ⓘ
Rechiarius → dynasty → Kingdom of the Suebi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Suebic royal house of Gallaecia
Germanic kingdoms → includes → Kingdom of the Suebi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Suebi Kingdom