Malaric or Amalaric was the last man to claim the kingship of the
Suevi
file:1st century Germani.png, 300px, The approximate positions of some Germanic peoples reported by Graeco-Roman authors in the 1st century. Suebian peoples in red, and other Irminones in purple.
The Suebi (also spelled Suavi, Suevi or Suebians ...
of
Galicia. In 585, after the last king,
Audeca, was defeated and captured by the
Visigoths
The Visigoths (; ) were a Germanic people united under the rule of a king and living within the Roman Empire during late antiquity. The Visigoths first appeared in the Balkans, as a Roman-allied Barbarian kingdoms, barbarian military group unite ...
, Malaric, who claimed to be related to king
Miro, rose in rebellion. According to
John of Biclar, he was "defeated by
King Leovigild's generals and was captured and presented in chains to Leovigild."
Sources
*Arias, Jorge C
"Identity and Interactions: The Suevi and the Hispano-Romans."University of Virginia: Spring 2007.
{{Galician monarchs
6th-century Suebian kings