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 (3)

Label Occurrences
Leovigild canonical 6
Leovigildo 1
Leovigildus 1

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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

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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