Framta, Framtan or Framtane (
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: ''Framtanus'',
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: ''Frantán''; died 457) was one of the kings of the
Suevi in
Galicia in 457.
After the death of the Suevic king
Rechiar
Rechiar or Flavius Rechiarius (after 415 – December 456) was the third Suevic king of Gallaecia, from 448 until his death, and also the first one to be born in Gallaecia. He was one of the most innovative and belligerent of the Suevi monarch ...
, executed by the conquering
Visigoths
The Visigoths (; la, Visigothi, Wisigothi, Vesi, Visi, Wesi, Wisi) were an early Germanic people who, along with the Ostrogoths, constituted the two major political entities of the Goths within the Roman Empire in late antiquity, or what is ...
, and the
Warni
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They are first named in the Roman era, and appear to have survived into the Middle Ages. It is proposed ...
c king
Aioulf Aioulf or Ag(r)iwulf (died June 457) was an obscure king of Galicia from 456. In 448, after eight years in captivity, the Roman ambassador Censorius was executed by one Agiulf at Seville (''Hispalis''). This Agiulf has sometimes been identified with ...
, executed by his Visigothic masters for insubordination, the Suevi regrouped themselves and "set up" one of their own,
Maldras 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 ...
, as king in 456.
[Thompson, 166.] In 457, however, some of the Suevic people apparently abandoned Maldras and "called" Framta king.
In light of the evidence of dynastic kingship among the Sueves, the instance of Maldras and Framta has been taken as indicative that the people retained some right to elect a king of their choosing at the end of a lineage.
[Thompson, 167.]
Framta and Maldras, as well as their followers, acted independently of one another. While Framta reigned, Maldras led his Sueves into
Lusitania.
Framta died after a few months and there is debate whether the two Suevic factions were reunited under Maldras at that juncture or not.
Framta's followers are soon found under the leadership of
Rechimund Richimund or Rechimund was a Suevic leader in Galicia from 457 until about 464. He was not recorded as a king (''rex''), though Hydatius wrote that ''inter Frumarium et Rechimundum oritur de regni potestate dissensio'' ("between Frumar and Rechimund ...
, who was not king.
Sources
* Thompson, E. A. ''Romans and Barbarians: The Decline of the Western Empire''. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1982. .
Notes
{{Galician monarchs
5th-century Suebian kings
457 deaths
Year of birth unknown