Miro, king of the Suevi

Miró

• King of the Suebi or Swabians of Spain
• Birth: 6th century
• Death: 583
• In office 570 – 583
• Predecessor: Theodemar
• Successor: Eboric
• Citizenship: Kingdom of Galicia
• Father: Teodomiro
• Consort: Siseguta
• occupation: sovereign

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Biography

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miro_(Suebian_king)

Miro (Mir, Mirio, Latin: Mirus) was the Suebian King of Galicia from 570 until his death in 583. His reign was marked by attempts to forge alliances with other Chalcedonian Christian nations with the goal of checking the power of the Arian Visigoths under Leovigild. During his reign relations were established with both Francia and the Byzantine Empire and the kingdom reached its zenith, but it collapsed within three years of his death.[1][2]

Miro enjoyed good relations with the Church during his reign. In 572 he called the Second Council of Braga, a supplementary council to the First Council of Braga of 561.[2] It has even been suggested, based on the lack of a signatory for the diocese of Dumio in the concilar acts, that Miro himself may have represented that see.[3]

Miro also maintained "intimate and friendly" relations with Martin of Dumio, the Archbishop of Braga and Metropolitan of Gallaecia.[2] Martin's principal work, Formula Vitae Honestae, is dedicated to him, and the Exhortatio Humilitatis, printed among Martin's works, is also probably addressed to him.[2] Indeed, Martin advised Miro's counsellors to read his Formula so as to be able better to counsel the king.[4]

In the same year as the council of Braga, Miro conducted an expedition against the Ruccones (Runcones) of Cantabria, possibly a Basque tribe,[2] with the intention of expanding his kingdom.[5] This attack on a people within the Gothic kingdom was perhaps an excuse for Gothic reprisals against the Sueves. In 573 Leovigild subdued the region of "Sabaria" (probably between Zamora and Salamanca) with the likely intention of preempting Miro.[5] In 574 he "restored the province [of Cantabria] to his dominion."[5] In response, Miro sent envoys to Guntram, the Frankish King of Burgundy and a consistent thorn in Leovigild's side, but they were intercepted and detained on the way by Leovigild's ally, Chilperic I, the Frankish king of Neustria.[2][6]

In 575 Leovigild invaded the "Aregensian Mountains" near Ourense and captured "the lord of the region, along with his wife, children, and riches, bringing the region under his power."[6] Aspidius, the "lord of the region", may have been a Hispano-Roman landowner who had sided with the Suevi.[6] In 576 Leovigild again marched to the southern frontier of Galicia (the Douro) and menaced the small kingdom, even founding the city of Villa Gothorum (modern Toro). Miro sued for peace, and obtained it for a short time.[2] In 580 Miro endeavoured to support Leovigild's Catholic son Hermenegild in rebellion.[2]

For the events surrounding Miro's death, the contemporary and near-contemporary accounts conflict. According to Gregory of Tours, in 583 Miro led an army to raise the siege of Seville by Leovigild, but the two kings held a conference before Miro had reached Seville and he returned to Galicia, where he died shortly after, supposedly from the effects of the bad air and water of Baetica.[2] On the other hand, two Iberian chroniclers, John of Biclar and Isidore of Seville, concur that he died before Seville while assisting Leovigild with the siege of the town.[2] Modern scholarship favours Gregory's interpretation, taking into account Miro's alliances with Francia and Byzantium, Suevic animosity to the Goths, and the shared Catholic faith of Sueves and rebels.[7]

He was succeeded in provincia Gallacciæ by his adolescent son Eboric.[7][8] He also left a widow, Sisegu(n)tia, who married Andeca, who deposed Eboric and took to ruling in Gallaccia Suevorum regnum.[7][8]

Genealogy

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

• TEODEMIRO (-570). He succeeded in 561 as TEODEMIRO King of the Suevi at Lugo. He divided his territories into two ecclesiastical provinces at the assembly at Lugo, Braga and Lugo, in 569[103]. m ---. The name of Teodemiro's wife or concubine is not known. King Teodemiro & his [wife] had one child:
  • 1. MIRÓN (-583). The primary source which confirms his parentage has not yet been identified. He succeeded his father in 570 as MIRÓN King of the Suevi at Lugo. … The Iohannis Abbatis Biclarensis Chronica records the death in 583 of "Miro Suevorum rex"[107]. m as her first husband, SISEGUTIA, daughter of ---. The Iohannis Abbatis Biclarensis Chronica records that "Audeca" succeeded in 584 "in Gallaccia Suevorum regnum" and married "Sisegutiam relictam Mironis regis"[108]. She married secondly (584) as his [second] wife, Audica, who had deposed King Eborico. King Mirón & his wife had two children:
    • a) EBORICO (-after 585). The Iohannis Abbatis Biclarensis Chronica names "Eboricus filius eius" when recording that he succeeded his father in 583 "in provincia Gallacciæ"[109]. Gregory of Tours names "Euric" as son of "Mir King of Galicia" when recording that he succeeded his father and sought to renew a pact with King Leovigildo[110]. He succeeded his father in 583 as EBORICO King of the Suevi at Lugo. He was deposed in 584 by Audica[111]. The Iohannis Abbatis Biclarensis Chronica records that he became a monk after he was deposed[112].
    • b) daughter . Gregory of Tours records that Audica, a relation of Euric, married the sister of the latter[113]. m as his [first] wife, AUDICA, son of ---.

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References

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miro_(Suebian_king) Cites
  • Arias, Jorge C. "Identity and Interaction: The Suevi and the Hispano-Romans." Ph.D. dissertation. University of Virginia: Spring 2007. < link >
  • "Miro." In Henry Wace and William C. Piercy, edd. A Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature. London: John Murray, 1911. Reprinted as Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature to the End of the Sixth Century A.D., with an Account of the Principal Sects and Heresies. United States: Hendrickson Publishers, 1999. ISBN 1-56563-460-8. < link > cites
    • Authorities.—Greg. Tur. Hist. Franc. v. 42, vi. 43; Joannes Bicl. ap. Esp. Sagr. v. 377, 380, 383; Isid. Hist. Suev. ib. 506; Acts of the second council of Braga; Tejada y Ramiro, Colecc. de Lan. de la Igl. Esp. ii. 620; Formula Honestae Vitae, by Martin of Braga; Pref. Esp. Sagr. xv. 383.
• 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
• https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miro_(monarca) cites
  • «Miro». Dictionary of Christian Biography. Consultado em 16 de agosto de 2021
  • Arias, Jorge C. (2007). «Identity and Interaction: The Suevi and the Hispano-Romans». University of Virginia: 30-32
  • Regnal Chronologies -Teutões
  • Genealogia da Europa - Ibéria
  • Roma e Romania
  • Estados Hispânicos
• https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miro_(Suebo)
  • 4. ES MGH Auct. ant. 11, Iohannis Abbatis monasterii Biclarensis Chronica, pag. 216 < link >
• History of the Kings of the Goths, Vandals, and Suevi. By Saint Isidore (of Seville). Page 42-43. < GoogleBooks >

https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miro_(monarca)

Miro ou Ariomiro I, rei da Galécia sueva (559-583). Braga, juntamente com Toledo, eram, à época, importantes centros religiosos. A Diocese de Braga exercia papel importante na vida religiosa e nas decisões da Igreja, aí se deu em (571), sob a convocação do rei, o II Concílio de Braga.[1] Nesse mesmo ano Miro levou a cabo uma campanha contra um povo do norte da Hispânia, de Cantábria ou Vascônia, chamado runcões. Esta campanha, além das suas fronteiras, provocou a reacção de Leovigildo, rei dos Visigodos, que empreendeu uma campanha, de advertência ou retaliação, contra o reino suevo.[1][2] A guerra desenvolveu-se no vale do Douro entre 572 e 574, e Leovigildo conseguiu empurrar os Suevos para norte e fundar a Villa Gothorum (hoje Toro).[2] Em seguida Leovigildo submeteu os Cântabros. O controlo de Toro e de Astorga abriu aos Visigodos o caminho da Galécia sueva, que foi invadida em 575.[2] Tendo perdido Ourense e toda a Lusitânia, e sendo atacado nas cidades do Porto e de Braga, Miro pediu a paz, submetendo-se ao rei visigodo.[2]

Pouco tempo depois, quando Hermenegildo, filho de Leovigildo e católico, se revoltou contra o seu pai, Miro apoiou-o e atacou Sevilha em 583.[2] Hermenegildo acabou por ser capturado e executado e Miro, o seu aliado suevo, viu-se novamente obrigado a fazer a paz com Leovigildo e a retirar-se.[2]
Referências

1. «Miro». Dictionary of Christian Biography. Consultado em 16 de agosto de 2021 < link >
2. Arias, Jorge C. (2007). «Identity and Interaction: The Suevi and the Hispano-Romans». University of Virginia: 30-32 < link >

Ligações externas

1. Regnal Chronologies -Teutões (dead link)
2. Genealogia da Europa - Ibéria < chart > (Miro is not listed)
3. Roma e Romania < link > (Miro is not listed)
4. Estados Hispânicos < link > (Miro is not listed)