Germanic kingship refers to the customs and practices surrounding kings among the pre-Christianized Germanic tribes of the Migration period (c. AD 300–700) and the kingdoms of the Early Middle Ages (c. AD 700–1000). The title of king (Proto-Germanic:*kuningaz) is in origin that of the leader elected as sacral and military leader from out of a noble family, usually considered of divine ancestry, in the pre-Christianization period.