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Hermeric
Hermeric was king of the Suebi who led his people across the Rhine in 406 and into Hispania in 409. In 411 they received lands in Gallaecia, where he founded the Suebic kingdom with its centre at Bracara Augusta. He fought the Vandals and the local Hispano-Roman population, and in 438 handed power to his son Rechila.
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