Athanagild (c. 517 – December 567) was Visigothic King of Hispania and Septimania. He had rebelled against his predecessor, Agila I, in 551. The armies...
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the Visigoth Athanagild, who had usurped the kingship, to the Byzantine emperor Justinian I to send soldiers to his assistance. Athanagild won his war...
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Sigebert I, king of Austrasia, and his wife Brunhilda, daughter of King Athanagild of the Visigoths. She married Hermenegild and became the first Catholic...
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Chilperic I marries Galswintha, both daughters of the Visigothic king Athanagild. King Charibert I dies without an heir; his realm (region Neustria and...
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them. About 567, he married Brunhilda, daughter of the Visigothic king Athanagild. According to Gregory of Tours: Now when king Sigebert saw that his brothers...
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the Visigothic capital of Toledo, the younger of the two daughters of Athanagild and Goiswintha. She was only eleven years old when her father was made...
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the commencement of his reign (549) or as late as 551, a nobleman named Athanagild took Seville, capital of Baetica, and presumed to rule as king in opposition...
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opposed to Agila was Athanagild, whose open revolt began in 551, following Agila's defeat at Cordoba. The armies of Agila and Athanagild met at Seville, where...
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queen consort of Hispania and Septimania. She was the wife of two kings, Athanagild and Liuvigild. From her first marriage, she was the mother of two daughters...
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Sometime in 549, the Visigoth Athanagild sought military assistance from Justinian I and while this aide helped Athanagild win his wars, the Romans had...
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