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Rechiar
Rechiar was king of the Suebi from 448 to 456, the first Germanic king known to have been a Catholic and the first to mint coins in his own name. He married a daughter of the Visigothic king Theodoric I and raided widely in Hispania. In 456 Theodoric II defeated him at the river Órbigo, captured and executed him.
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