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    09.05.

    2016 Suebi|people

    Suebi|people

    Suebi,alsospelledSuevi,groupofGermanicpeoples,includingtheMarcomanniandQuadi,
    Hermunduri,Semnones,andLangobardi(Lombards).TheAlemanniwerealsopartoftheSuebi
    tribalgroup,whichgaveitsnametotheGermanprincipalityofSwabia.

    Inthelate1stcenturyadmostoftheSuebilivedaroundtheElbeRiver.DislodgedbytheHuns,some
    SuebicrossedtheRhineRiverandin409enteredSpain,settlingmainlyinthenorthwest(Gallaecia).
    By447,undertheirkingRechila,theSuebihadspreadovertheRomanprovincesofLusitaniaand
    Baetica.AlthoughtheSuebienteredSpainaspagans,theirkingRechiarcametothethroneasa
    Christianin448.HewaslaterdefeatedbytheVisigothsunderTheodoricIIin456.Remnantsofthe
    SuebisurvivedunderMaldras(reigned456460)andrivalkingsuntilabout585,whenthekingdom
    wasannexedtotheVisigothicstate.

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