Thuringians

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The Thuringians were an early medieval West Germanic people who established a kingdom in central Germany before being conquered by the Franks in the 6th century.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Thuringian tribes 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf West Germanic people
early medieval people
alliedWith Ostrogoths NERFINISHED
archaeologicalCultureLinkedTo Thuringian archaeological culture NERFINISHED
burialCustoms row grave cemeteries
conqueredBy Franks NERFINISHED
Merovingian Franks NERFINISHED
conquestDate 531
culture Germanic warrior aristocracy
defeatedAt Battle of the Unstrut NERFINISHED
established Thuringian Kingdom NERFINISHED
ethnicGroupOf central Germany
ethnogenesisPeriod 5th century
hasCapital Erfurt NERFINISHED
Scithingi NERFINISHED
Würzburg NERFINISHED
integratedInto Frankish Kingdom NERFINISHED
kingdomEnded 6th century
kingdomFlourished late 5th century
laterReligion Christianity NERFINISHED
laterRuledBy Carolingian Empire NERFINISHED
legalTradition Lex Thuringorum NERFINISHED
locatedIn Germania NERFINISHED
central Germany
region of Thuringia
mentionedIn Gregory of Tours’ Historia Francorum NERFINISHED
Procopius’ works
modernNameGaveRiseTo German state of Thuringia
neighborOf Alemanni NERFINISHED
Bavarians NERFINISHED
Franks NERFINISHED
Saxons NERFINISHED
partOf Migration Period peoples
relatedEthnicallyTo Franks NERFINISHED
Lombards NERFINISHED
Saxons NERFINISHED
religion Germanic paganism
ruledBy King Bisinus NERFINISHED
King Hermanafrid NERFINISHED
Queen Radegund (as member of royal family) NERFINISHED
spokeLanguage Thuringian language NERFINISHED
West Germanic languages NERFINISHED
successorTerritory Duchy of Thuringia NERFINISHED
territoryIncluded Harz Mountains region NERFINISHED
Saale River region NERFINISHED
Werra River region NERFINISHED

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Elbgermanisch associatedWithPeople Thuringians
Irminones descendedInto Thuringians
this entity surface form: Thuringian tribes
Austrasia ethnicComponent Thuringians
West Germanic peoples hasSubgroup Thuringians
Great Migration involved Thuringians