King of the Suebi

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King of the Suebi was the monarchic title held by the early medieval rulers of the Germanic Suebic people, who established a kingdom in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf monarchical title
royal title
appliesTo Germanic people
Suebi NERFINISHED
Suebic Kingdom NERFINISHED
associatedWithEthnicGroup Suebi NERFINISHED
associatedWithPolity Kingdom of the Suebi NERFINISHED
associatedWithReligionChange conversion of the Suebi to Christianity
capitalCity Bracara Augusta NERFINISHED
chronologicalEnd late 6th century
chronologicalStart early 5th century
contemporaryTo Vandal kings NERFINISHED
Visigothic kings NERFINISHED
Western Roman emperors NERFINISHED
documentedInSource Hydatius of Aquae Flaviae NERFINISHED
Isidore of Seville NERFINISHED
endedBy annexation of the Suebic Kingdom by the Visigothic Kingdom
ethnoPoliticalContext Germanic kingdoms in post-Roman Western Europe
firstKnownTitleHolder Hermeric NERFINISHED
governmentType monarchy
governs Suebic nobility
Suebic subjects
languageOfCourt Germanic languages
notableTitleHolder Chararic NERFINISHED
Hermeric NERFINISHED
Miro NERFINISHED
Rechiar NERFINISHED
Rechila NERFINISHED
Theodemar NERFINISHED
predecessorContext Roman imperial authority in Gallaecia
recognizedBy contemporary Roman sources
region Hispania NERFINISHED
Iberian Peninsula
religionInitially paganism
religionLater Nicene Christianity NERFINISHED
religionSubsequently Arian Christianity NERFINISHED
seatOfPower royal court at Bracara Augusta NERFINISHED
style king
succeededByTitle Visigothic king in Gallaecia
successionType hereditary kingship
territorialDomain Bracara Augusta NERFINISHED
Gallaecia NERFINISHED
northwest of the Iberian Peninsula
titleHolderRole military leader of the Suebi
supreme judge among the Suebi
usedIn 5th century
6th century
early Middle Ages

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Hermeric positionHeld King of the Suebi