LEOVIGILD  , or LtiWENHELD (d . 586), See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of the Visigoths, became king in 568 after the See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period of anarchy which followed the See also:

• DEATH

death of King See also:

• ATHANAGILD (d. $47)

Athanagild, whose widow, Goisvintha, he married . At first he ruled that See also:

• PART

part of the Visigothic See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom which See also:

• LAY

lay to the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south of the See also:

• PYRENEES [Span. Pirineos, Fr. Pyrenees]

Pyrenees, his See also:

• BROTHER

brother Liuva or Leova governing the small part to the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north of these mountains; but in 572 Liuva died and Leovigild became See also:

• SOLE (Solea)

sole king . At this See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time the Visigoths who settled in See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early in the 5th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century were menaced by two powerful enemies, the Suevi who had a small kingdom in the north-See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west of the See also:

• PENINSULA
• PENINSULA (Lat. paeninsula, from paene, almost, and insula, an island)

peninsula, and the Byzantines who had answered Athanagild's See also:

• APPEAL

appeal for help by taking See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of a stretch of See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country in the south-See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east . Their kingdom, too, was divided and weakened by the fierce hostility between the orthodox Christians and those who professed Arianism . See also:

• INTERNAL

Internal and See also:

• EXTERNAL

external dangers alike, however, failed to daunt Leovigild, who may fairly be called the restorer of the Visigothic kingdom . He turned first against the Byzantines, who were defeated several times; he took See also:

• CORDOVA (Span. C6rdoba)
• CORDOVA (Span. Cordoba; Lat. Corduba)

Cordova and chastised the Suevi; and then by stern See also:

• MEASURES

measures he destroyed the See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power of those unruly and rebellious chieftains who had reduced former See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings to the position of ciphers . The chronicler tells how, having given See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace to his See also:

• PEOPLE

people, he, first of the Visigothic sovereigns, assumed the attire of a king and made See also:

• TOLEDO
• TOLEDO, COUNCILS OF (Concilia toletana)

Toledo his See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital . He strengthened the position of his See also:

• FAMILY

family and provided for the See also:

• SECURITY (Lat. securus, free from care, safe)

security of his kingdom by associating his two sons, Recared and Hermenegild, with himself in the kingly See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office and placing parts of the See also:

• LAND

land under their See also:

• RULE

rule . Leovigild him-self was an Arian, being the last of the Visigothic kings to hold that creed; but he was not a See also:

• BITTER, KARL THEODORE FRANCIS (1867– )

bitter foe of the orthodox Christians, although he was obliged to punish them when they conspired against him with his external enemies . His son Hermenegild, however, was converted to the orthodox faith through the See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of his Frankish wife, Ingundis, daughter of King See also:

• SIGEBERT (d. 575)

Sigebert I., and of Leander, See also:

• METROPOLITAN (Lat. metropolitanus, Gr. µnrpoiroXtrns)

metropolitan of See also:

• SEVILLE
• SEVILLE (Span. Sevilla, Lat. Ispalis or Hispalis, Moorish Ishbiliya)

Seville . Allying himself with the Byzantines and other enemies of the Visigoths, and supported by most of the orthodox Christians he headed a formidable insurrection .

The struggle was fierce; but at length, employing persuasion as well as force, the old king triumphed . Hermenegild was captured; he refused to give up his faith and in See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March or See also:

• APRIL

April 585 he was executed . He was canonized at the See also:

• REQUEST, LETTERS OF

request of See also:

• PHILIP
• PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
• PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
• PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
• PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)

Philip II., king of Spain, by See also:

• POPE (Gr. irarraas, post-classical Lat. papa, father)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1688–1744)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1763-1835)
• POPE, JANE (1742-1818)
• POPE, JOHN (1822-1892)
• POPE, SIR THOMAS (c. 1507-1559)

Pope See also:

• SIXTUS

Sixtus V . About this time Leovigild put an end to the kingdom of the Suevi . During his last years he was engaged in a See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war with the See also:

• FRANKS
• FRANKS, SIR AUGUSTUS WOLLASTON (1826-1897)

Franks . He died at Toledo on the 21st of April 586 and was succeeded by his son Recared .