Germanic kingdoms

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The Germanic kingdoms were a group of successor states established by Germanic peoples in former Western Roman territories during Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages, including realms such as the Visigothic, Ostrogothic, Frankish, and Vandal kingdoms.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Frankish kingdoms 4
Barbarian kingdoms 1
Frankish realms 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical polity ⓘ
post-Roman kingdom ⓘ
successor state ⓘ
characterizedBy fusion of Roman and Germanic institutions ⓘ
military aristocracy ⓘ
personal kingship ⓘ
contributedTo formation of medieval European states ⓘ
transition from Antiquity to Middle Ages ⓘ
demographicBasis Germanic warrior elites ruling Roman provincial populations ⓘ
economy agrarian economy ⓘ
emergedIn former Western Roman Empire territories ⓘ
establishedBy Germanic peoples ⓘ
followedBy medieval European kingdoms ⓘ
historicalPeriod Early Middle Ages ⓘ
Late Antiquity ⓘ
includes Burgundian Kingdom ⓘ
Burgundian Kingdom in Gaul ⓘ
Frankish Kingdom ⓘ
Frankish Kingdom in Gaul ⓘ
Lombard Kingdom ⓘ
Lombard Kingdom in Italy ⓘ
Ostrogothic Kingdom ⓘ
Ostrogothic Kingdom in Italy ⓘ
linked to: Ostrogothic Kingdom

Suebi Kingdom ⓘ
Vandal Kingdom ⓘ
Vandalic Kingdom in North Africa ⓘ
linked to: Vandal Kingdom

Visigothic Kingdom ⓘ
Visigothic Kingdom in Hispania ⓘ
linked to: Visigothic Kingdom
languageFamily Germanic languages ⓘ
opposedBy Eastern Roman Empire ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine Empire
partOf Migration Period ⓘ
politicalStructure monarchy ⓘ
precededBy Western Roman Empire ⓘ
region Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
Italian Peninsula ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ
Western Europe ⓘ
relatedTo Barbarian kingdoms ⓘ
post-Roman West ⓘ
religion Arian Christianity ⓘ
linked to: Arianism

Germanic paganism ⓘ
Nicene Christianity ⓘ
sourceOf early medieval law codes ⓘ
timeEnd early Middle Ages ⓘ
timeStart 5th century ⓘ
usedLegalSystem Germanic customary law ⓘ
Roman law traditions ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

Justinianic Plague → spreadTo → Germanic kingdoms ⓘ
Carolingian aristocracy → partOf → Frankish realms ⓘ
linked to: Germanic kingdoms
Columbanus of Bobbio → activeIn → Frankish kingdoms ⓘ
linked to: Germanic kingdoms
Franco–Visigothic conflicts → conflictBetween → Frankish kingdoms ⓘ
linked to: Germanic kingdoms
Gallican Rite → usedIn → Frankish kingdoms ⓘ
linked to: Germanic kingdoms
Merovingian scripts → usedIn → Frankish kingdoms ⓘ
linked to: Germanic kingdoms
Roman–Vandal relations → relatedTo → Barbarian kingdoms ⓘ
linked to: Germanic kingdoms