Liuvigild
Sign in to saveLiuvigild, Leuvigild, Leovigild, or Leovigildo (Spanish and Portuguese; c. 519–586) was a Visigothic king of Hispania and Septimania from 569 to 586. Known for his Codex Revisus or Code of Leovigild, a law allowing equal rights between the Visigothic and Hispano-Roman population, his kingdom covered modern Spain down to Toledo and Portugal. Liuvigild ranks among the greatest Visigothic kings of the Arian period. He consolidated and expanded Visigothic power by defeating the Suebi, campaigning against the Byzantines in the south, and extending control over Basque territories. His legal reforms
Person
- Born
- 0519-00-00
- Died
- 0586-04-21
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Key facts
- Royalty.image
- Leovigild CNG 97-722237.jpg
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- Tremissis of Liuvigild, 573–578
- Royalty.succession
- King of the Visigoths
- Royalty.reign
- 569 – 21 April 586
- Royalty.predecessor
- Liuva I
- Royalty.successor
- Reccared I
- Royalty.spouse
- Theodosia Goiswintha
- Royalty.issue
- Reccared ISaint Hermenegild
- Royalty.full name
- Flavius Leovigildus
- Royalty.birth_date
- 519 AD
- Royalty.birth_place
- Hispania
- Royalty.death_date
- 21 April 586 (aged 67)
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Key dates
- Born
- 519
- Died
- 21 April 586
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Place of death
- Toledo
- Spouse
- Goiswintha
- Child
- Reccared I
- Sibling
- Liuva I
- Occupation
- sovereign
- Religion
- Arianism
- Noble title
- king of Wisigoths
- Image
- Leovigildo rey visigodo.jpg
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Article
10 sectionsContents
- Life, campaigns and reign
- Hermenegild's Revolt
- Later years
- Visigothic legacy
- References
- Notes
- Citations
- Bibliography
- Further reading
- External links
Liuvigild, Leuvigild, Leovigild, or Leovigildo (Spanish and Portuguese; c. 519–586) was a Visigothic king of Hispania and Septimania from 569 to 586. Known for his Codex Revisus or Code of Leovigild, a law allowing equal rights between the Visigothic and Hispano-Roman population, his kingdom covered modern Spain down to Toledo and Portugal. Liuvigild ranks among the greatest Visigothic kings of the Arian period. He consolidated and expanded Visigothic power by defeating the Suebi, campaigning against the Byzantines in the south, and extending control over Basque territories. His legal reforms repealed prohibitions on intermarriage between Goths and Hispano-Romans, fostering greater unity within the kingdom.
==Life, campaigns and reign== When the Visigothic king Athanagild died in 567, Liuva I was elevated to the kingship at a ceremony held in Narbonne, the last bastion of Visigothic rule in Gaul. Recognizing the leadership qualities of his younger sibling, in the second year of his reign, King Liuva I declared his brother Liuvigild co-king and heir, assigning him Hispania Citerior, or the eastern part of Hispania (Spain), to directly rule over. Both co-regents were Arian Christians, which was the dominant religious faith of the Visigothic rulers until 587.