Chindasuinth

Chindasuinth
King of the Visigoths
A tremissis bearing a contemporary image of Chindasuinth
Reign17 April 642 – 30 September 653
PredecessorTulga
SuccessorRecceswinth
Co-kingRecceswinth (20 January 649 – 30 September 653)
Bornc. 563
DiedSeptember 30, 653(653-09-30) (aged 89–90)
Burial
WifeRecciberga
ReligionChalcedonian Christianity

Chindasuinth (also spelled Chindaswinth, Chindaswind, Chindasuinto, Chindasvindo, or Khindaswinth; Latin: Chintasvintus, Cindasvintus; c. 563 – 30 September 653) was Visigothic King of Hispania, from 642 until his death in 653. He succeeded Tulga, from whom he took the throne in a coup. He was elected by the nobles and anointed by the bishops on April 30, 642.