Reccared II

Reccared II
Reccared II
King of Hispania, Septimania and Gallaecia
	Imaginary portrait of Reccared II by Francisco Aznar. Oil on canvas (1858)
King of the Visigoths
Reign	c. February 621 – c. March 621
Predecessor	Sisebut
Successor	Suintila
Died	c. March 621
Religion	Chalcedonian 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

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

^ Martyn, John R.C. (2008). "Sisebut's life of Saint Desiderius". Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association. 6 (3): 17–24.
^ 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
^ 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

Collins, Roger (2004). Visigothic Spain, 409–711. Blackwell Publishing.
Thompson, Edward Arthur (1969). The Goths in Spain. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Regnal titles
Preceded by Sisebut	King of the Visigoths February 621 – March 621	Succeeded by Suintila

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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.

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