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 …

Die Bezeichnung Sueben (lateinisch: Suebi, Suabi oder Suevi) bezieht sich auf eine germanische Stammesgruppe, die einst im Nordosten der Germania magna an der Ostsee bis zu den deutschen Mittelgebirgen lebte. In römischen Quellen wurde nach den Sueben die Ostsee als „Mare Suebicum“ benannt. Der antike Geograf Claudius Ptolemäus (* um 100; † um 175) …

Invasioni barbariche è il termine con il quale è generalmente indicato in Italia il periodo delle irruzioni e migrazioni delle popolazioni cosiddette "barbariche" (germaniche, slave, sarmatiche e di altri popoli di origine asiatica) all'interno dei confini dell'Impero romano d'Occidente, nel V secolo.Il fenomeno, a volte indicato anche con il termine tedesco Völkerwanderung ‘migrazioni …

Youth and early exploits. Theodoric was born in AD 454 in Pannonia on the banks of the Neusiedler See near Carnuntum, the son of king Theodemir, a Germanic Amali nobleman, and his concubine Ereleuva.This was just a year after the Ostrogoths had thrown off nearly a century of domination by the Huns.His Gothic name, which is reconstructed by linguists as *Þiudareiks, …

The Suebi (or Suebians, also spelled Suevi, Suavi) were a large group of Germanic peoples originally from the Elbe river region in what is now Germany and the Czech Republic.In the early Roman era they included many peoples with their own names such as the Marcomanni, Quadi, Hermunduri, Semnones, and Lombards.New groupings formed later, such as the Alamanni …

Onder koning Rechila (438-448) breidden de Sueben hun rijk uit met Baetica en Sevilla.Zij brachten de laatste Romeinse troepen een verpletterende nederlaag toe. Maar zijn zoon Rechiar moest in 456 het onderspit delven in de slag aan de Urbicus tegen de Visigoten onder leiding van Theoderik II.De Sueben werden daarna in zijn naam door een gouverneur bestuurd.

Note on titles. The Kingdom of Germany started out as the eastern section of the Frankish kingdom, which was split by the Treaty of Verdun in 843. The rulers of the eastern area thus called themselves rex Francorum ("king of the Franks"), rex Francorum orientalium ("king of the East Franks"), and later just rex.A reference to the "Germans", indicating the emergence of a …

After his death, Henry's body was taken to the city of Toledo, where he was interred in a tomb in the Chapel of the New Monarchs of the Cathedral of Toledo, and his remains are still there today. The tomb is located above the choir stalls on the Gospel side and is in the Plateresque style. The box part is decorated with the shields of Castile and León, and the lower interior has three …

Spaniards, or Spanish people, are a Romance ethnic group native to Spain. Within Spain, there are a number of national and regional ethnic identities that reflect the country's complex history, including a number of different languages, both indigenous and local linguistic descendants of the Roman-imposed Latin language, of which Spanish is the largest and the only one that is official ...

Biography Early life. Alfonso was born in Zamora.He was the only son of King Ferdinand II of León and Urraca of Portugal. His father was the younger son of Alfonso VII of León and Castile, who divided his kingdoms between his sons, which set the stage for conflict in the family until the kingdoms were re-united by Alfonso IX's son Ferdinand III of Castile.