Recceswinth
Sign in to saveRecceswinth (died 1 September 672) was the Visigothic King of Hispania and Septimania in 649–672. He ruled jointly with his father Chindaswinth until his father's death in 653.
Key facts
- Royalty.name
- Recceswinth
- Royalty.title
- King of the Visigoths
- Royalty.image
- Corona de (29049230050).jpg
- Royalty.caption
- Votive crown of Recceswinth, as found in the treasure of Guarrazar, Spain.
- Royalty.reign
- 20 January 649 – 1 September 672
- Royalty.reign type
- Reign
- Royalty.coronation
- 20 January 649
- Royalty.predecessor
- Chindasuinth
- Royalty.pre type
- Predecessor
- Royalty.regent
- Chindasuinth (20 January 649 – 30 September 653)
- Royalty.successor
- Wamba
- Royalty.suc type
- Successor
- Royalty.death_date
- 1 September 672
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Spain
- Place of death
- Wamba
- Father
- Chindasuinth
- Occupation
- sovereign
- Position held
- king of Wisigoths
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Noble title
- king of Wisigoths
- Image
- Recesvinto.jpg
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- Commons category
- Recesvinto
- date of death
- 0672-09-01
- described by source
- Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie
- place of burial
- Toledo Cathedral
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Name
- Reign
- Votive crown of Recceswinth
- See also
- References
- External links
Recceswinth (died 1 September 672) was the Visigothic King of Hispania and Septimania in 649–672. He ruled jointly with his father Chindaswinth until his father's death in 653.
==Name== His Gothic name is believed to have been *𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌺𐌰𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌸𐍃 (*Raikaswinþs), from the roots reiks ("king") and swinþs ("strong"). His votive crown used the Latin spelling . Other Latin spellings include Recceswinthus, Recesvindus. In English his name is also spelled Reccesuinth, Recceswint, Reccaswinth; Spanish Recesvinto; Portuguese Recesvindo; German Rekkeswint; French Réceswinthe.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Recceswinth” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.