Miro (Suebian King)

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Miro and Martin from Braga

Miro († 583 ) ruled from 570 to 583 as king of the Suebian Empire in Gallaecia , the area of ​​today's Galicia and northern Portugal . In 572 Miro convened the second council of Braga . In the same year he attacked Asturias and Cantabria , which had previously been part of the former Roman province of Gallaecia. Around the year 581 he received the envoy Florentianus from Australia . Miro initially concluded an armistice with the Visigoth king Leovigild , but then supported the unsuccessful uprising of Leovigild's son Hermenegild . He died on a campaign with which he wanted to come to Hermenegild's aid.

personal data
SURNAME Miro
BRIEF DESCRIPTION King of the Suebi in Gallaecia
DATE OF BIRTH 6th century
DATE OF DEATH 583