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Latin: Flavius Suintila Rex, Gothic: Swinþa
Padre de Liubigotona, Visigoth queen consort and Recimiro, rey de los visigodos
Medio Hermano de: Liuva II, rey de los visigodos
Swinþa Balthes
English (default): Swinþa, Spanish: Rey de los Visigodos (621-631) Suintila Balthes, Rey de los Visigodos, Portuguese: Suintila
Also Known As: "Suintila", "Suinthila", "Swinthila"
Suintila, King of the Visigoths
Reign: 621 631
Predecessor Recaredo II
Successor Sisenando
Death 633 or 634 Toledo
Suintila, or Suinthila,[1] Swinthila, Svinthila; (ca. 588 633/635) was Visigothic King of Hispania, Septimania and Galicia from 621 to 631. He was a son of Reccared I and [his second, unknown wife - not Baddo] and a brother of the general Geila. Under Suintila there was an unprecedented peace and unity across the Kingdom of the Visigoths. As a direct result, by 624 the king was able to muster the forces necessary to retake those lands that had been under the control of the Eastern Roman Empire.
Suintila, rey de los visigodos
He succeeded his father-in-law Sisbuto as King of the Visigoths in 621. Although he has been called a son of Reccared by Chlodeswinde of Metz, the relationship is very unlikely. He incurred the hatred of the chief men of his kingdom and was deposed in 631. He was succeeded by Sisenand.
Charles Cawleys Project Medieval Lands. SPAIN: VANDALS, SUEVI & VISIGOTHS v4.0 Updated 28 February 2019 Chapter 3. VISIGOTHS in SPAIN 531-711.
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SUÍNTILA, son of RECAREDO I King of the Visigoths & his [second] wife --- (after 594-633). The Chronicon Mundi of Lucas Tudensis records the succession "Era DCLXI imperii Heraclii octavo" of "Suintila filius Reccaredi Regis"[268]. Isidore of Seville records that Suíntila succeeded "in the era 659 (621)" after "having risen to the position of general under king Sisebut [and] captured Roman fortresses and overcame the Ruccones"[269]. He succeeded in 621 as SUÍNTILA King of the Visigoths. Isidore of Seville states that Suíntila "obtained all the remaining cities which the Roman army held in Spain [and] was the first to obtain the monarchy of the entire kingdom of Spain north of the straits"[270]. Fredegar records that "Sintela" succeeded on the death of "Sisebodo regis", commenting that he was "very harsh to his followers and hated by all the magnates of his kingdom"[271]. He also defeated Basque rebels in 625, constructing the garrison of Olite which was permanently manned to maintain Visigoth authority in the area. King Suíntila was deposed in 631 by Sisenando, a noble from Septimania who was acclaimed king by the whole army[272]. The Chronica Regum Visigotthorum records that Suinthila reigned for ten years[273].
m (before 621) ---. The name of Suíntila´s wife is not known. Salazar y Castro, in his genealogical table of the Visigothic kings, shows "Teodora hija del Rey Sisebuto" as the wife of King Suíntila (and as mother of "Suintila II Rey de España", who never existed)[274], which if correct would mean that she was Theodora of the Visigoths, daughter of Sisebuto King of the Visigoths & his wife ---. The primary source on which this statement is based are not specified. The table includes numerous errors and the information should therefore be viewed with caution.
King Suíntila and his wife had [two] children:
1. RECIMIR (-631). Isidore of Seville records that Suíntila installed "his son Riccimir [as] a partner in his rule"[275].
2. [LIUBIGOTONA (before 633-). Her marriage is confirmed by the charter dated to [680/86] which records that "socer noster Ervigius princeps domina mea Leuvitona regina" granted "filiam suam" as wife of "Egicæ regis"[276]. According to Europäische Stammtafeln[277] she was the daughter of Suíntila King of the Visigoths, but the primary source on which this is based has not yet been identified. If this parentage is correct, she would have been considerably older than her husband, given the death of her supposed father in 633. Salazar y Castro, in his genealogical table of the Visigothic kings, shows "Liubigtobona nieta de Recaredo" as the wife of King Ervigio and mother of his children[278]. The primary source on which this statement is based are not specified. The table includes numerous errors and the information should therefore be viewed with caution. Her husband's successor forced his predecessor's widow to retire to a nunnery[279]. m ERVIGIO the Visigoth, son of ARDABASTO the Visigoth & his wife --- ([643/50]-15 Nov 687). He succeeded in 680 as ERVIGIO King of the Visigoths.]
Golden tremis from the reign of Suintila coined in Singilia Barba.
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Citations
[S187] Royal Genealogy Database, online http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/
[S1084] Anonymous, "HS", pg. 25.
[S1269] History of the Jewish People, online
http://www.jewishhistory.org.il/top.htm, 610-620.
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Suintila. Flavius Suintila Rex. ?, ú. t. s. vi 15.XII.633 post. Rey de España (621-631).