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Because this region lacked its own heraldic shield, English writers punning on its Celtic-inspired name invented a symbol with three yellow grails on a blue background. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this region of Spain whose city of Santiago de Compostela was often visited as the endpoint of the Way of Saint James, an important pilgrimage of the medieval era.
ANSWER: Galicia [or Gallaecia or Galiza]
[10e] Galicia was the last part of Spain conquered by these people who ruled Spain after the Roman Empire until the Muslim conquest.
ANSWER: Visigoths [prompt on Goths]
[10h] During the Migration Period, Galicia was settled by these people under Hermeric, who ruled their own kingdom until 585. The Hohenstaufen dynasty originated in a German region named for these people.
ANSWER: Suebi [or Suevi or Suebians; accept Schwaben or Swabians]
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