Maldras
Sign in to savethumb|Timeline of the Suebic Kings 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.
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- Royalty.name
- Maldras
- Royalty.title
- King of the Suevi
- Royalty.reign
- 456–460
- Royalty.predecessor
- Aioulf
- Royalty.successor
- Frumar
- Royalty.death_date
- February 460
- Royalty.father
- Massilia
- Royalty.type
- monarch
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- date of death
- 0459-01-01
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thumb|Timeline of the Suebic Kings 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. The wording of the contemporary chronicler Hydatius may be taken to signify that the Suevi population had some part in electing Maldras. 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. 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.