Leovigild

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Leovigild was a powerful 6th-century Visigothic king known for consolidating and expanding his realm in Hispania and strengthening royal authority.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Leovigild canonical 16
Leovigild (as ruler of the annexed territory) 1
Leovigildo 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 6th-century ruler ⓘ
Visigothic king ⓘ
monarch ⓘ
alternativeName Leovigildo ⓘ
linked to: Leovigild

Leovigildus ⓘ
linked to: Leovigild
birthCentury 6th century ⓘ
capital Toledo ⓘ
deathDate 586 ⓘ
deathPlace Toledo ⓘ
dynasty Balti-related Visigothic nobility ⓘ
era post-Roman Hispania ⓘ
fatherOf Hermenegild ⓘ
Reccared I ⓘ
historicalSource mentioned by Isidore of Seville ⓘ
introducedSymbol royal regalia modeled on Roman imperial insignia ⓘ
kingOf Hispania ⓘ
linked to: Iberian Peninsula

Visigothic Kingdom ⓘ
knownFor centralizing power in Toledo ⓘ
consolidating Visigothic rule in Hispania ⓘ
expanding the Visigothic kingdom ⓘ
military campaigns against the Byzantines in Hispania ⓘ
military campaigns against the Suebi ⓘ
strengthening royal authority ⓘ
subjugation of the Suebi kingdom in Gallaecia ⓘ
suppression of internal revolts ⓘ
wars against the Basques ⓘ
wars against the Cantabrians ⓘ
legalReform promulgation of a law code often called the Codex Revisus ⓘ
revision of the Codex Euricianus ⓘ
name Leovigild ⓘ
notableEvent rebellion of his son Hermenegild ⓘ
policy attempts to reduce the autonomy of Visigothic nobles ⓘ
integration of Hispano-Roman population into the kingdom ⓘ
promotion of Arian Christianity as state religion ⓘ
predecessor Liuva I ⓘ
regionRuled Baetica ⓘ
linked to: Andalusia

Carthaginensis ⓘ
Gallaecia ⓘ
linked to: Gallaeci

Hispania ⓘ
linked to: Iberian Peninsula
reignEnd 586 ⓘ
reignStart c. 568 ⓘ
religion Arian Christianity ⓘ
linked to: Arianism
spouse Goswintha ⓘ
Theodosia ⓘ
strengthenedInstitution Visigothic monarchy ⓘ
linked to: Visigothic Kingdom

central royal administration ⓘ
successor Reccared I ⓘ
territorialExpansion annexation of the Suebi kingdom ⓘ
recovery of territories from the Byzantine province of Spania ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Visigothic Kingdom → notableRuler → Leovigild ⓘ
Reccared I → father → Leovigild ⓘ
Reccared I → predecessor → Leovigild ⓘ
Leovigild → name → Leovigild ⓘ
Leovigild → alternativeName → Leovigildo ⓘ
linked to: Leovigild
Leovigild → alternativeName → Leovigildus ⓘ
linked to: Leovigild
Visigothic army → ledBy → Leovigild ⓘ
Liuva I → coRulerWith → Leovigild ⓘ
Liuva I → successor → Leovigild ⓘ
Liuva I → relative → Leovigild ⓘ
Liuva I → sibling → Leovigild ⓘ
Goswintha → spouse → Leovigild ⓘ
Hermenegild → father → Leovigild ⓘ
Hermenegild → opponent → Leovigild ⓘ
Audeca → opponent → Leovigild ⓘ
Audeca → successor → Leovigild (as ruler of the annexed territory) ⓘ
linked to: Leovigild