Kingdom of the Suebi
Kingdom of the Suebi Regnum Suevorum (Latin) | |||||||||
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| 409–585 | |||||||||
Greatest extent of the Suebian Kingdom c. 455 AD | |||||||||
| Capital | Braga | ||||||||
| Common languages | Suebi (spoken among elite) Latin (administrative/liturgical) | ||||||||
| Religion | Germanic paganism (initially among elite and rural) Arianism (mostly among elite) Chalcedonian Christianity (among commoners) | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
| King | |||||||||
• 409–438 | Hermeric | ||||||||
• 585 | Malaric | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
| 409 | |||||||||
• Conquest by the King Leovigild of the Visigothic Kingdom | 585 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Gibraltar Spain Portugal | ||||||||
The Kingdom of the Suebi (Latin: Regnum Suevorum), also called the Kingdom of Galicia (Latin: Regnum Galicia) or Suebi Kingdom of Galicia (Latin: Galicia suevorum regnum), was a Germanic post-Roman kingdom that was one of the first to separate from the Roman Empire. Based in the former Roman provinces of Gallaecia and northern Lusitania, the de facto kingdom was established by the Suebi about 409, and during the 6th century it became a formally declared kingdom identifying with Gallaecia. It maintained its independence until 585, when it was annexed by the Visigoths, and was turned into the sixth province of the Visigothic Kingdom in Hispania.