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Project Medlands: SPAIN: VANDALS, SUEVI & VISIGOTHS v4.0 Updated 28 February 2019. “Chapter 3. VISIGOTHS in SPAIN 531-711.”

RECAREDO, son of LEOVIGILDO King of the Visigoths & his first wife --- (-Toledo mid-Jun or Dec 601). … The Iohannis Abbatis Biclarensis Chronica names "duosque filios suos ex amissa coniuge Hermenegildem et Reccaredum" Isidore of Seville records that he ruled for fifteen years and died "peacefully" in Toledo "in the era 639 (601)"[240]. The Chronica Regum Visigotthorum records that “Reccardus” reigned for 15 years, six months, ten days[241].

• Betrothed (584) to RIGUNDIS of the Franks, daughter of CHILPERIC I King of the Franks & his third wife Frédégonde ([569]-).
• m [firstly] (586) BADDO, daughter of --- (-[8 May 589/594]). "Reccaredus rex…Baddo…regina" professed their faith by charter dated 8 May 589[245]. This is the only source which names Recaredo´s first wife. There is no indication of her family origin.
• Betrothed (594) to CHLODESINDIS [Clodesinde] of the Franks[246], daughter of SIGEBERT I King of the Franks & his wife Brunechildis of the Visigoths ([575/76]-after 594).
• [m secondly (after 594) ---. The name of Recaredo´s second wife is not known. No direct proof has been found of this supposed second marriage. However, the chronology suggests that King Recaredo´s son Suíntila was several years younger than his brother Liuva, which suggests that he was probably born from a later marriage. It is certainly likely that King Recaredo married again after his betrothal in 594, before his death in 601.]

King Recaredo and his [first] wife had one child:

• 1. LIUVA ([587]-murdered 603). He succeeded his father in 601 as LIUVA II King of the Visigoths. The Continuator of Isidor's Historia Gothorum, Wandalorum, Sueborum names "Liwa filius eius…ignobili matre progenitus" when recording that he succeeded his father as king of the Visigoths in Spain[249]. As there is no indication that Liuva ruled through a regent, it is assumed that he had reached the age of majority when he succeeded, and must therefore have been from his father´s first marriage. Isidore of Seville records that Liuva ruled for two years, but "Witteric seized power illegitimately…cutting off Liuva's right hand…[and] killed him in his twentieth year…in the era 641 (603)"[250]. The Chronica Regum Visigotthorum records that “item Liuva” reigned for one year, otherwise two years and six months[251].

King Recaredo and his [second] wife had one child:

• 2. SUÍNTILA ([after 594]-633). The Chronicon Mundi of Lucas Tudensis records the succession "Era DCLXI imperii Heraclii octavo" of "Suintila filius Reccaredi Regis"[252]. He succeeded in 621 as SUÍNTILA King of the Visigoths. m (before 621) ---. The name of Suíntila´s wife is not known.