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Leovigild

Type Figure Region Iberian Peninsula Time c. 519–586 Also known as Leovigild、Liuvigild、Leuvigild、利维吉尔德

Leovigild (c. 519–586) was one of the most influential kings of the Visigothic Kingdom, reigning from 568 to 586.…

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  1. 567–568Visigothic Kingdom · Iberian PeninsulaLeovigild came of Visigothic nobility and in 567 co-ruled the kingdom with his brother Liuva I, taking charge of affairs in the Iberian Peninsula and accumulating military and political experience. The following year his brother died, leaving him sole ruler of the realm.
  2. 568–578Toledo · Castilla-La ManchaAfter his brother's death in 568, Leovigild moved the capital to Toledo and immediately launched large-scale military operations: suppressing a Cantabrian revolt, subduing the Basques, recovering parts of the southern coastal territories held by the Byzantine Empire, and issuing a new code abolishing the old law prohibiting intermarriage between Romans and Visigoths, strengthening central authority.
  3. 579–586Toledo · Castilla-La ManchaIn 579 his eldest son Hermenegild converted to Catholicism and revolted at Seville; Leovigild took several years to suppress it (584). In 585 he campaigned to completely destroy the Suevic Kingdom in the northwest, incorporating the entire Iberian Peninsula into Visigothic territory. In 586 Leovigild died of illness in Toledo, passing the unified kingdom to his second son Reccared I.

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