{"slug": "liuvigild", "label": "Liuvigild", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liuvigild", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q313065", "qid": "Q313065", "description": "Visigothic king", "entries": 15, "years": 14, "span": [525, 586], "span_label": ["525 CE", "586 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 5}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 3}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "visigoths", "label": "Visigoths", "shared": 11}, {"slug": "spain", "label": "Spain", "shared": 8}, {"slug": "visigothic-kingdom", "label": "Visigothic Kingdom", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "toledo-spain", "label": "Toledo, Spain", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "seville", "label": "Seville", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "hermenegild", "label": "Hermenegild", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "cordoba-spain", "label": "Córdoba, Spain", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "byzantine-empire", "label": "Byzantine Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "andalusia", "label": "Andalusia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "goths", "label": "Goths", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "suebi", "label": "Suebi", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "catholicism", "label": "Catholicism", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 525, "year_label": "525 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Liuvigild, king of the Visigoths (d. 586)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340792024#Births", "title": "525", "revid": 1340792024, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 568, "year_label": "568 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Liuvigild is declared co-king and heir after the second year of the reign of his brother Liuva I. He becomes ruler over the Visigoths in Hispania Citerior (Eastern Spain).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364751316#Europe", "title": "568", "revid": 1364751316, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 571, "year_label": "571 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "The Visigoths under King Liuvigild invade the Byzantine province of Spania (modern Andalusia), and seize the city of Córdoba. After the death of his brother Liuva I, he becomes sole ruler of the Visigothic Kingdom (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364751956#Europe", "title": "571", "revid": 1364751956, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 574, "year_label": "574 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Visigoths under King Liuvigild invade Cantabria (Northern Spain), and destroy the city of Amaya (Burgos). He massacres the inhabitants and adds the province to the Visigothic Kingdom.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349204925#Europe", "title": "574", "revid": 1349204925, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 575, "year_label": "575 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Visigoths under King Liuvigild invade the Suebian Kingdom (Northern Spain). Intermarriage between Goths and non-Goths is allowed in the Visigothic Kingdom (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367658531#Europe", "title": "575", "revid": 1367658531, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 576, "year_label": "576 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "The Visigoths under King Liuvigild establish the capital of their kingdom in Toledo, located in central Spain (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340801569#Europe", "title": "576", "revid": 1340801569, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 577, "year_label": "577 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Reccopolis (modern Zorita de los Canes) in Hispania is founded by King Liuvigild, in honour of his son Reccared.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369170756#Europe", "title": "577", "revid": 1369170756, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 579, "year_label": "579 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Hermenegild, son of Visigothic king Liuvigild, marries Ingund. He rebels against his father, starting in Seville (Southern Spain), and declares himself Catholic.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267073496#Europe", "title": "579", "revid": 1267073496, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 580, "year_label": "580 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "King Liuvigild calls for an Arian synod in Toledo (central Spain), which modifies several doctrines; he tries to unify the Christians within the Visigothic Kingdom.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364747518#Europe", "title": "580", "revid": 1364747518, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 582, "year_label": "582 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "The Visigoths under King Liuvigild capture the city of Mérida (western central Spain), which is under the political control of its popular bishop Masona. He is arrested and exiled for 3 years.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364751218#Europe", "title": "582", "revid": 1364751218, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 583, "year_label": "583 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Liuvigild lays siege to Seville (Southern Spain), and forms an alliance with the Byzantines. He summons his rebellious son Hermenegild back to Toledo, and forces him to abandon the Chalcedonian Faith.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372793107#Europe", "title": "583", "revid": 1372793107, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 584, "year_label": "584 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Visigoths under King Liuvigild capture the city of Seville, after a siege of nearly 2 years. His rebellious son Hermenegild seeks refuge in a church at Córdoba, but is arrested and banished to Tarragona. His wife Inguld flees with her son to Africa.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364754048#Europe", "title": "584", "revid": 1364754048, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 585, "year_label": "585 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Visigoths under King Liuvigild devastate the Suevic Kingdom in Gallaecia (northwest Spain).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365938601#Europe", "title": "585", "revid": 1365938601, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 586, "year_label": "586 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "April 21", "text": "April 21 – King Liuvigild dies at Toledo after an 18-year reign, and is succeeded by his second son Reccared I.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364748798#Europe", "title": "586", "revid": 1364748798, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 586, "year_label": "586 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "April 21", "text": "April 21 – Liuvigild, king of the Visigoths", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364748798#Deaths", "title": "586", "revid": 1364748798, "section": "Deaths"}}]}