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Reccared I

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Reccared I

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Also known as Recaredo, Rekkared

Visigothic King

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Reign
21 April 586 – 21 December 601
Predecessor
Liuvigild
Successor
Liuva II
Born
c. 559 AD , Hispania
Died
21 December 601 (aged 42), Toledo , Hispania
Spouse
Baddo
Issue
Liuva II , Suintila , Geila

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Recaredo I, rey de los Visigodos (Museo del Prado).jpg
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Recaredo
date of death
0601-01-01
date of birth
0559-01-01
name in native language
Flavius Reccaredus, Recaredus
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FatherLiuvigild MotherTheodosia ReligionArianism, later Catholicism

Reccared I (or Recared; Latin: Flavius Reccaredus; Spanish: Flavio Recaredo; c. 559 – December 601; reigned 586–601) was the king of the Visigoths, ruling in Hispania, Gallaecia and Septimania. His reign marked a climactic shift in history, with the king's renunciation of Arianism in favour of Nicene Christianity in 587.

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