Reccared I

Reccared I
King of Hispania, Septimania and Gallaecia
Reccared I in the manuscript Semblanzas de reyes, 1312-1325
King of the Visigoths
Reign21 April 586 – 21 December 601
PredecessorLiuvigild
SuccessorLiuva II
Bornc. 559 AD[citation needed]
Hispania
Died21 December 601
Toledo, Hispania
SpouseBaddo
IssueLiuva II
Suintila
Geila
Names
Flavius Reccaredus
FatherLiuvigild
MotherTheodosia
ReligionArianism,
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.