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Reccared I

Type Figure Region Iberian Peninsula Time c. 559–601 Also known as Reccaredo I

Reccared I (c. 559–601) was King of the Visigothic Kingdom, reigning from 586 to 601, son of Leovigild.…

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  1. c. 559–586Toledo · Castilla-La ManchaReccared I was the second son of Leovigild and grew up at the Toledo court during his father's reign. After his brother Hermenegild was executed for rebellion, Reccared became the sole heir and acceded in 586, the year his father died.
  2. 586–589Toledo · Castilla-La ManchaAfter acceding in 586, Reccared quickly moved to advance religious reconciliation. In 589 he presided over the Third Council of Toledo, personally announcing the abandonment of the Arian faith and leading the Visigothic nobles and clergy in a collective conversion to Nicene Christianity, thereby ending over a century of religious opposition between the Visigothic ruling class and the Romano-Iberian Catholic population.
  3. 590–601Toledo · Castilla-La ManchaAfter his conversion, Reccared suppressed several restoration rebellions by Arian nobles and further strengthened the cooperation between the Catholic Church and royal authority. He also repelled invasions by the Franks and the Byzantines. Reccared died in Toledo in 601, leaving behind a religiously unified and relatively stable Visigothic Kingdom.

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