Reccared II

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Reccared II
King of Hispania, Septimania and Gallaecia
File:Recaredo II, rey de los Visigodos (Museo del Prado).jpg
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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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.

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