Athanagild
Sign in to saveAthanagild ( 517 – December 567) was the Visigothic king of Hispania and Septimania. He had rebelled against his predecessor, Agila I, in 551. The armies of Agila and Athanagild met at Seville, where Agila met a second defeat. Following the death of Agila in 554, he was sole ruler for the rest of his reign.
Key facts
- Royalty.succession
- King of the Visigoths
- Royalty.reign
- March 554 – December 567
- Royalty.predecessor
- Agila I
- Royalty.successor
- Liuva I and Liuvigild
- Royalty.birth_date
- c. 517
- Royalty.death_date
- December 567 (aged 50)
- Royalty.spouse
- Goiswintha
- Royalty.spouse type
- Consort
- Royalty.issue
- Brunhilda of Austrasia Galswintha, Queen of Neustria
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Athanagild ( 517 – December 567) was the Visigothic king of Hispania and Septimania. He had rebelled against his predecessor, Agila I, in 551. The armies of Agila and Athanagild met at Seville, where Agila met a second defeat. Following the death of Agila in 554, he was sole ruler for the rest of his reign.
Roger Collins writes that Athanagild's reign "is perhaps more significant than our sources may care to let us believe." Collins argues that the account of Isidore of Seville may be colored by the hostility subsequent Visigothic kings had towards Athanagild and his descendants.
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