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Reccared II

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Reccared II
King of Hispania, Septimania and Gallaecia
Imaginary portrait of Reccared II by Francisco Aznar. Oil on canvas (1858)
King of the Visigoths
Reignc. February 621 – c. March 621
PredecessorSisebut
SuccessorSuintila
Diedc. March 621
ReligionChalcedonian Christianity

Reccared II (in Spanish, Galician and Portuguese, Recaredo), (? – March 621) was Visigothic King of Hispania, Septimania and Galicia briefly in 621,[1] though the length of the reign exactly is debated to last from several days to just over a year.[2]

Biography

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His father and predecessor was Sisebut.[3] He was but a child when placed on the throne and as with most Visigothic attempts to establish a royal dynasty, Sisebut's was opposed by the nobility and ultimately failed.

His death allowed his general, the strongman Suintila, to accede to the throne.

References

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  1. ^ Martyn, John R.C. (2008). "Sisebut's life of Saint Desiderius". Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association. 6 (3): 17–24.
  2. ^ Collins, Roger, ed. (2004-01-01), "The Catholic Kingdom, 586–672", Visigothic Spain 409–711, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, pp. 64–91, doi:10.1002/9780470754610.ch4, ISBN 978-0-470-75461-0
  3. ^ Luis A. GarcÍa Moreno (2008). "Prosopography, Nomenclature, and Royal Succession in the Visigothic Kingdom of Toledo". Journal of Late Antiquity. 1 (1): 142–156. doi:10.1353/jla.0.0002. ISSN 1942-1273. S2CID 201793522.

Sources

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  • Collins, Roger (2004). Visigothic Spain, 409–711. Blackwell Publishing.
  • Thompson, Edward Arthur (1969). The Goths in Spain. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Regnal titles
Preceded by King of the Visigoths
February 621 – March 621
Succeeded by