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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
King of the Suebi canonical 3
Rechila, king of the Suevi 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf monarchical title ⓘ
royal title ⓘ
appliesTo Germanic people ⓘ
Suebi ⓘ
Suebic Kingdom ⓘ
associatedWithEthnicGroup Suebi ⓘ
associatedWithPolity Kingdom of the Suebi ⓘ
associatedWithReligionChange conversion of the Suebi to Christianity ⓘ
capitalCity Bracara Augusta ⓘ
chronologicalEnd late 6th century ⓘ
chronologicalStart early 5th century ⓘ
contemporaryTo Vandal kings ⓘ
Visigothic kings ⓘ
Western Roman emperors ⓘ
documentedInSource Hydatius of Aquae Flaviae ⓘ
Isidore of Seville ⓘ
endedBy annexation of the Suebic Kingdom by the Visigothic Kingdom ⓘ
ethnoPoliticalContext Germanic kingdoms in post-Roman Western Europe ⓘ
firstKnownTitleHolder Hermeric ⓘ
governmentType monarchy ⓘ
governs Suebic nobility ⓘ
Suebic subjects ⓘ
languageOfCourt Germanic languages ⓘ
notableTitleHolder Chararic ⓘ
Hermeric ⓘ
Miro ⓘ
Rechiar ⓘ
Rechila ⓘ
Theodemar ⓘ
predecessorContext Roman imperial authority in Gallaecia ⓘ
recognizedBy contemporary Roman sources ⓘ
region Hispania ⓘ
linked to: Hispania (probable)

Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
religionInitially paganism ⓘ
religionLater Nicene Christianity ⓘ
religionSubsequently Arian Christianity ⓘ
linked to: Arianism
seatOfPower royal court at Bracara Augusta ⓘ
linked to: Bracara Augusta
style king ⓘ
succeededByTitle Visigothic king in Gallaecia ⓘ
successionType hereditary kingship ⓘ
territorialDomain Bracara Augusta ⓘ
Gallaecia ⓘ
linked to: Galicia

northwest of the Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
titleHolderRole military leader of the Suebi ⓘ
supreme judge among the Suebi ⓘ
usedIn 5th century ⓘ
6th century ⓘ
early Middle Ages ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Hermeric → positionHeld → King of the Suebi ⓘ
Chararic → positionHeld → King of the Suebi ⓘ
Rechila of the Suebi → title → King of the Suebi ⓘ
Rekhila → usedFor → Rechila, king of the Suevi ⓘ
linked to: King of the Suebi