Reccared I | |||||
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King of Hispania, Septimania and Gallaecia | |||||
King of the Visigoths | |||||
Reign | 21 April 586 – 21 December 601 | ||||
Predecessor | Liuvigild | ||||
Successor | Liuva II | ||||
Born | c. 559 AD[citation needed] Hispania | ||||
Died | 21 December 601 Toledo, Hispania | ||||
Spouse | Baddo | ||||
Issue | Liuva II Suintila Geila | ||||
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Father | Liuvigild | ||||
Mother | Theodosia | ||||
Religion | Arianism, later Chalcedonian Christianity |
Reccared I (or Recared; Latin: Flavius Reccaredus; Spanish: Flavio Recaredo; c. 559 – December 601; reigned 586–601) was Visigothic King of Hispania and Septimania. His reign marked a climactic shift in history, with the king's renunciation of Arianism in favour of Roman Christianity in 587.