Galicia (Nation) AKA Kingdom of the Suebi. Suevi
Galicia
406 AD - 1111 AD
AKA Kingdom of the Suebi. Suevi
A political entity located in southwestern Europe, which at its territorial zenith occupied the entire northwest of the Iberian Peninsula.
It was founded by the Suebic king Hermeric in 409, with its capital established in Braga.
It was the first kingdom that officially adopted Catholicism. In 449, it minted its own currency. In 585, it became a part of the Visigothic Kingdom.
In the 8th century, Galicia became a part of the newly founded Christian Kingdom of Asturias, which later became the Kingdom of León, while occasionally achieving independence under the authority of its own kings.
Compostela became the capital of Galicia in the 11th century, while the independence of Portugal (1128) determined its southern boundary.
The accession of Castilian King Ferdinand III to the Leonese kingdom in 1230 brought Galicia under the control of the Crown of Castile.
The kingdom and its Junta were dissolved by Maria Cristina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Regent of Spain, in 1834.
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Southwestern Europe ca 600 Refers to three different areas under Visigothic government – Hispania, Gallaecia, and Septimania
Arms of the Kingdom of Galicia illustrated in L´armorial Le Blancq, Bibliothèque nationale de France, 1560
Northern Iberian Peninsula ca. 1065
Garcia II´s domains (Galicia) Badajoz, owing tribute to Garcia Seville, owing tribute to Garcia Alfonso VI's domains (León) Toledo, owing tribute to Alfonso Sancho II´s domains (Castile) Zaragoza, owing tribute to Sancho
