Reccared I
| Reccared I | |||||
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| King of Hispania, Septimania and Gallaecia | |||||
Tremissis of Reccared bearing his effigy | |||||
| King of the Visigoths | |||||
| Reign | 21 April 586 – 21 December 601 | ||||
| Predecessor | Liuvigild | ||||
| Successor | Liuva II | ||||
| Born | c. 559 AD Hispania | ||||
| Died | 21 December 601 Toledo, Hispania | ||||
| Spouse | Baddo | ||||
| Issue | Liuva II Suintila Geila | ||||
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| Father | Liuvigild | ||||
| Mother | Theodosia | ||||
| Religion | Arianism, later Chalcedonian Christianity | ||||
Reccared I (or Recared; Latin: Flavius Reccaredus; Spanish: Flavio Recaredo; c. 559 – December 601; reigned 586–601) was the king of the Visigoths, ruling in Hispania, Gallaecia and Septimania. His reign marked a climactic shift in history, with the king's renunciation of Arianism in favour of Nicene Christianity in 587.