Kings of Galicia - Visigothic Kings of Galicia, Hispania and Septimania

Visigothic Kings of Galicia, Hispania and Septimania

The Visigoth kings took control of Galicia in 585, which became the sixth province of the Kingdom of Toledo. Anyhow, Galicia maintained a distinguishable administrative and legal identity up to the collapse of the Visigothic monarchy:

  • Liuvigild (585–586)
  • Reccared I (586–601)
  • Liuva II (601–603)
  • Witteric (603–610)
  • Gundemar (610–612)
  • Sisebut (612–621)
  • Reccared II (621)
  • Suintila (621–631)
  • Sisenand (631–636)
  • Chintila (636–640)
  • Tulga (640–641)
  • Chindasuinth (641–653)
  • Reccesuinth (649–672)
  • Wamba (672–680)
  • Erwig (680–687)
  • Egica, (687–702) - secured his son Wittiza as his heir
  • Wittiza (648-710) - associated to the throne as king in Galicia until 702; only king after his father's death
  • Roderic (710–712)

From the fall of the Visigothic kingdom until the beginning of the 10th century, Galicia was integrated with other Christian kingdoms of the Iberian peninsula (Kingdom of Asturias and Kingdom of León).

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