State

Visigothic Kingdom

Period of Germanic rule on the Iberian Peninsula (418–720) as a successor state to the Western Roman Empire.

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476–718 CE
Founded
476 CE
Ended
718 CE
Capital
Toulouse, Toledo, Barcelona
Government
monarchy
Preceded by
Western Roman EmpireKingdom of the Suebi
Succeeded by
al-Andalus

Overview

The Visigothic Kingdom, Visigothic Spain or Kingdom of the Goths (Latin: Regnum Gothorum) was a barbarian kingdom that occupied what is now southwestern France and the Iberian Peninsula from the 5th to the 8th century. One of the Germanic successor states to the Western Roman Empire, it was originally created by the settlement of the Visigoths under King Wallia in the province of Gallia Aquitania in southwest Gaul by the Roman government and then extended by conquest over all of Hispania. The Kingdom maintained independence from the Eastern Roman or Byzantine Empire, whose attempts to re-establish Roman authority in Hispania were only partially successful and short-lived.

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All rulers (36)

  1. Alaric I395–410 CE
  2. Ataulf410–415 CE
  3. Sigeric415 CE
  4. Wallia415–418 CE
  5. Theodoric I419–451 CE
  6. Thorismund451–453 CE
  7. Theodoric II453–466 CE
  8. Euric466–484 CE
  9. Alaric II484–507 CE
  10. Amalaric510–531 CE
  11. Theudis531–548 CE
  12. Theudigisel548–549 CE
  13. Agila I549–555 CE
  14. Athanagild555–567 CE
  15. Liuva I567–572 CE
  16. Liuvigild568–586 CE
  17. Reccared I586–601 CE
  18. Liuva II601–603 CE
  19. Witteric603–610 CE
  20. Gundemar610–612 CE
  21. Sisebut612–621 CE
  22. Reccared II621 CE
  23. Suintila621–631 CE
  24. Recimir625–631 CE
  25. Sisenand631–636 CE
  26. Chintila636–639 CE
  27. Tulga639–642 CE
  28. Chindasuinth642–653 CE
  29. Recceswinth653–672 CE
  30. Wamba672–680 CE
  31. Erwig680–687 CE
  32. Egica687–702 CE
  33. Wittiza700–710 CE
  34. Achila II710–713 CE
  35. Roderic710–711 CE
  36. Ardo713–720 CE

Records (14)

  1. 439 CE — Battle of ToulouseBattle · Goths ▸ Rome
  2. 458 CE — Battle of ArelateBattle
  3. 458 CE — Battle of ToulouseBattle · Rome ▸ Visigoths
  4. 471 CE — Battle of ArlesBattle · Visigoths ▸ Rome
  5. 507–508 CE — Siege of ArlesSiege
  6. 507–511 CE — Franco-Gothic WarWar
  7. 512 CE — Battle of BarcelonaBattle
  8. 535–554 CE — Gothic War of 535–554War
  9. 589 CE — Battle of CarcassonneBattle · Gothic Kingdom of Spain ▸ Frankish Kingdom of Burgundy
  10. 711 CE — Battle of GuadaleteBattle
  11. 711 CE — Battle of ÉcijaBattle
  12. 713 CE — Treaty of OrihuelaTreaty
  13. 713 CE — Battle of OrihuelaBattle
  14. 718 CE — Battle of CovadongaBattle · Asturias ▸ Muslim Spain

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