Suintila
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Suintila, or Suinthila, Swinthila, Svinthila; was Visigothic King of Hispania, Septimania and Galicia from 621 to 631. He was a son of Reccared I and his wife Bado, and a brother of the general Geila.
Tremissis of Suintila, bearing his effigy.
Votive crowns and crosses, from a 19th-century lithograph.
Reccared II
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Reccared II, was Visigothic King of Hispania, Septimania and Galicia briefly in 621, though the length of the reign exactly is debated to last from several days to just over a year.
Suintila
…had re-established themselves on the Iberian Peninsula during the 550s. The following year, he was elected king after the deaths of Sisebut and his son Reccared II. Once on the throne, Suintila secured a peace unknown in Hispania since the early 5th century, as no foreign troops were on its soil for the next 87…
Imaginary portrait of Reccared II by Francisco Aznar. Oil on canvas (1858)