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Hermeric
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Hermeric (in Spanish and Portuguese, Hermerico) (d.441), king of the eastern Germanic Suebi (409–438), who had migrated to the eastern shore of the Rhine, led his people across the frozen river in the famous influx of loosely allied peoples—including the Vandals and Alans—in December 409. They passed quickly across Gaul, crossed the Pyrenees, and, passing through the Basque Country, established themselves in the Roman province of Gallaecia (modern Galicia and northen Portugal), where they were considered foederati. There Hermeric swore fealty to the emperor in 410. Bracara Augusta, the modern city of Braga in Portugal, previously the capital of Roman Gallaecia, now became the capital of the Suebic kingdom. In 438, Hermerico associated Rechila with the kingship.
| Preceded by None |
King of Galicia 409-438 |
Succeeded by Rechila |