Reccared II explained

Reccared II (in Spanish, Galician and Portuguese: Recaredo), (? – March 621) was Visigothic King of Hispania, Septimania and Galicia briefly in 621,^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} though the length of the reign exactly is debated to last from several days to just over a year.

Biography

His father and predecessor was Sisebut.^[5] He was but a child when placed on the throne and as with most Visigothic attempts to establish a royal dynasty, Sisebut's was opposed by the nobility and ultimately failed.

His death allowed his general, the strongman Suintila, to accede to the throne.

Sources

• Collins, Roger (2004). Visigothic Spain, 409–711. Blackwell Publishing.
• Thompson, Edward Arthur (1969). The Goths in Spain. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Notes and References

1. Martyn. John R.C.. 2008. Sisebut's life of Saint Desiderius. Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association. 6. 3. 17–24.
2. Book: Wolf, Kenneth Baxter . Conquerors and Chroniclers of Early Medieval Spain . Liverpool University Press . 1999 . Liverpool . 180.
3. Book: Bachrach, Bernard S. . Armies and Politics in the Early Medieval West . Variorum . 1993 . 12.
4. Book: Flood, Timothy M. . Rulers and Realms in Medieval Iberia, 711-1492 . McFarland . 2018 . 201.
5. Luis A. GarcÍa Moreno. 2008. Prosopography, Nomenclature, and Royal Succession in the Visigothic Kingdom of Toledo. Journal of Late Antiquity. 1. 1. 142–156. 10.1353/jla.0.0002. 201793522 . 1942-1273.