Chindasuinth
Sign in to saveAlso known as Khindaswinth
Chindasuinth (also spelled Chindaswinth, Chindaswind, Chindasuinto, Chindasvindo, or Khindaswinth; Latin: Chintasvintus, Cindasvintus; 563 – 30 September 653) was Visigothic King of Hispania, from 642 until his death in 653. He succeeded Tulga, from whom he took the throne in a coup. He was elected by the nobles and anointed by the bishops on April 30, 642.
Key facts
- Royalty.name
- Chindasuinth
- Royalty.title
- King of the Visigoths
- Royalty.image
- Chindaswinth tremissis 642 76001708.jpg
- Royalty.caption
- A tremissis bearing a contemporary image of Chindasuinth
- Royalty.reign
- 17 April 642 – 30 September 653
- Royalty.reign type
- Reign
- Royalty.predecessor
- Tulga
- Royalty.pre type
- Predecessor
- Royalty.regent
- Recceswinth (20 January 649 – 30 September 653)
- Royalty.successor
- Recceswinth
- Royalty.suc type
- Successor
- Royalty.spouse
- Recciberga
- Royalty.spouse type
- Wife
- Royalty.birth_date
- 563
- Royalty.burial_place
- Monastery of San Román de Hornija
- Royalty.religion
- Chalcedonian Christianity
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Image
- Chindasvinto.jpg
Show 3 more facts
- Commons category
- Chindaswinth
- date of birth
- 0563-01-01
- date of death
- 0653-09-30
Sources (2)
via Wikidata · CC0
~5 min read
Article
5 sectionsContents
- Life
- Legacy
- Sources
- Notes
- External links
Chindasuinth (also spelled Chindaswinth, Chindaswind, Chindasuinto, Chindasvindo, or Khindaswinth; Latin: Chintasvintus, Cindasvintus; 563 – 30 September 653) was Visigothic King of Hispania, from 642 until his death in 653. He succeeded Tulga, from whom he took the throne in a coup. He was elected by the nobles and anointed by the bishops on April 30, 642.
==Life== Despite his great age (he was already 79 years old and a veteran of the Leovigild campaigns and the religious rebellions after conversions from Arianism were forced) his tyrannical and cruel character made the clergy and noblesse submit to him out of fear of execution and banishment. He cemented his control by preempting an alleged revolt: in a short period of time he executed over 200 Goths of the most noble families and 500 more from the petty nobility. Additionally, he arranged for the banishment of many potential adversaries and the confiscation of their property. All this took place before any rebellion actually occurred and without any investigation or trial or, for that matter, actual belief that a revolt was pending.