Maldras, king of the Suevi

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Maldras (or Masdras) (died February 460) was the Suevic king of Galicia from 456 until his death. After the execution of Rechiar by the victorious Visigoths, the Suevi are said to have established Maldras on the throne. During his reign the Suevic nation became fragmented.

Maldras was the son of Massilia (or Massila) and was not said to be related to the dynasty of Hermeric, which had ruled the Suevi since 406.[1] The wording of the contemporary chronicler Hydatius may be taken to signify that the Suevi population had some part in electing Maldras.[1] They certainly had a part in dividing the kingdom in 457, when part of them refused to accept him as their leader and chose instead Framta.[1] The two Suevic kings acted independently and on Framta's death within a few months his followers are found led by Rechimund, though scholars dispute whether or not the two parties rejoined.[2]

In 457, while Framta was still ruling, Maldras led his people in a large raid on Lusitania.[2] They sacked Lisbon by pretending to come in peace and, once admitted by the citizens, plundering the city.[3] Maldras is also accused of having murdered his brother. In 458 he received envoys from the Visigoths and the Vandals.

His people continued to plunder western Lusitania until Maldras was strangled, perhaps by his own men, in February 460.[2] Maldras' people turned to Frumar as their war-leader then.[2] Afterwards Remismund became king and reunited the Suevic people. He is claimed by Isidore of Seville to be a son of Maldras, but there is some doubt on this.[4]

Genealogy

https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/VANDALS,%20SUEVI,%20VISIGOTHS.htm

• 1. MASSILA . m ---. The name of Massila's wife or concubine is not known. Massila & his [wife] had two children:
  • a) MALDRA (-killed Feb 460). He succeeded in 456 as MALDRA King of the Suevi in Spain. Isidor's Historia Gothorum, Wandalorum, Sueborum records that "Maldram Massilæ filium" succeeded as King of the Suevi in Spain after the death of Requiario but that he was soon killed[89]. The Chronicon of Bishop Idatius records that “Rechiario” was killed in Dec 456 and that “Rex Theudoricus” succeeded “de Gallæcia ad Lusitaniam” but that the Suevi “in extrema parte Gallæciæ” installed “Massiliæ filium…Maldram” as their king[90]. The Chronicon of Bishop Idatius records that “Maldras” was murdered in Feb 460[91].
  • b) son (-killed 459). The Chronicon of Bishop Idatius records that “Maldras” killed “germanium suum fratrem” in 459 and invaded “Portucale castrum”[92].

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References

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_the_Suebi
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Galician_monarchs
• Medlands - KINGS of the SUEVI in SPAIN 411-585 https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/VANDALS,%20SUEVI,%20VISIGOTHS.htm

Maldras foi o sexto monarca do Reino Suevo (Galiza) no breve período o 457 até o 459. Governou após eliminar em junho de 457 a Aguiúlfo(o quinto rei da sequência de Governantes). Pouco depois providenciou a morte de Frantán( o quarto monarca que ascendera antes da ascensão de Aguiúlfo, e que dominava a parte norte do Reino, então fracionado pela guerra civil), deixando a Maldras como único rei suevo de Galiza. Durante o seu curto reinado, ocorreram fortes conflitos sociais entre os nativos galaicos e os dirixentes e xermánicos. Morreu assassinado em 459, sucedendo-o o seu filho Remismundo.

Maldras fue el sexto monarca del Reino Suevo (Galicia) en el breve periodo del 457 al 459. Gobernó tras eliminar en junio de 457 a Aguiúlfo (el quinto rey de la secuencia de Gobernadores). Poco después dispuso la muerte de Frantán (el cuarto monarca que había ascendido antes de la ascensión de Aguiúlfo, y que dominaba la parte norte del Reino, entonces fraccionada por la guerra civil), dejando a Maldras como único rey suabo de Galicia. Durante su breve reinado, hubo fuertes conflictos sociales entre los naturales gallegos y los dirixentes y xermánicos. Murió asesinado en 459, sucediéndole su hijo Remismund.

Massila and Maldras cited in
Massila e Maldras citados in

"A diarquia sueva
sociedade e poder no regnum dos Quados ocidentais e no Regnum Suevorum (358–585 d.C.)"
Autor/Author: José Galazak
Revista portuguesa de arqueologia, ISSN 0874-2782, Vol. 16, Nº. 1, 2013, págs. 323-350
Idioma/language: português/Portuguese

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