The
Kingdom of Galicia (; ; ; ) was a political entity located in southwestern Europe, which at its territorial zenith occupied the entire northwest of the
Iberian Peninsula. Founded by
Suebic king
Hermeric in 409, the Galician capital was established in
Braga, being the first kingdom which adopted Catholicism officially and minted its own currency (year 449). After the temporal rule of the
Visigothic monarchs (585–711), Galicia became a part of the newly founded Christian kingdoms of the Northwest of the peninsula,
Asturias and
León, while occasionally achieving independence
under the authority of its own kings.