Rechila

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Rechila (or Rechila I; in Spanish, Requila; in Portuguese, Réquila or Réquita) was the Suevi king of Gallaecia (latter Galicia) from 441 until his death in 448. He had been associated with the throne of his father Hermeric since 438 and succeeded to the full kingship on his father's death. He was very aggressive towards the native population and the Catholic church (he was an an Arian). He favoured the Priscillianist clergy over the local bishops. He confirmed the foederal relation with Rome and an alliance with the Bagaudae, a tribe of bandits useful as mercenaries. He directed many campaigns into Lusitania and Baetica and in 439, conquered Mérida. In 441, he even took Seville.

He ended his short but eventful reign in possession of almost all Andalusia and part of the Iberian Levant and Tarraconensis. He was succeeded by his son Rechiar