Recaredo II, rey de los visigodos

Contaba solo unos pocos años cuando sucedió a su padre, el rey Sisebuto.

Su muerte al poco tiempo de reinado, posiblemente provocada, propició el acceso al trono de un noble destacado de la misma facción en el poder llamado Suintila, vencedor de los runcones (612) y destacado en la guerra contra los bizantinos (614–615).

- E. A. Thompson, The Goths in Spain (Clarendon P., 1969), p. 160.
-Isidore of Seville, Historia de regibus Gothorum, Vandalorum et Suevorum, chapter 59. Translation by Guido Donini and Gordon B. Ford, Isidore of Seville's History of the Goths, Vandals, and Suevi, second revised edition (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1970), p. 27.
-Collins, Roger (2004). Visigothic Spain, 409-711. Blackwell Publishing.
-Thompson, Edward Arthur (1969). The Goths in Spain. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- Wolf, Kenneth Baxter (1999). Conquerors and Chroniclers of Early Medieval Spain (em inglês). Liverpool: Liverpool University Press. p. 180
- Bachrach, Bernard S. (1993). Armies and Politics in the Early Medieval West (em inglês). [S.l.]: Variorum. p. 12
- Flood, Timothy M. (2018). Rulers and Realms in Medieval Iberia, 711-1492 (em inglês). Jefferson: McFarland. p. 201

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1. SISEBUTO (-620). Fredegar records that, before his accession, he "had won Cantabria, previously held by the Franks, for the Gothic kingdom"[261]. He succeeded in 612 as SISEBUTO King of the Visigoths. Isidore of Seville records that Sisebuto ruled after Gundamaro for eight years and six months, "forced the Jews into the Christian faith" and "brought the rebellious Asturians under his dominion…overcame the Ruccones", adding that "some claim that he died a natural death, others that he died as a result of some medication"[262]. The Chronica Regum Visigotthorum records that “Sisebutus” reigned for eight years, eleven months and 16 days, otherwise six months[263]. m ---.

The name of Sisebuto's wife is not known. King Sisebuto & his wife had [two] children:

• a) RECAREDO (-621). Isidore of Seville records that Sisebuto left a small son Recaredo who "was recognised as king for a few days after the death of his father until his own death intervened"[264]. He succeeded his father in 620 as RECAREDO II King of the Visigoths. The Chronica Regum Visigotthorum records that “item Reccaredus” reigned for three years and a few days[265].
• b) [THEODORA. 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)[266]. The primary sources on which these statements is based are not specified. The table includes numerous errors and the information should therefore be viewed with caution. m (before 621) SUÍNTILA, son of RECAREDO I King of the Visigoths & his second wife --- (after 594-633). He succeeded in 621 as SUÍNTILA King of the Visigoths. Fredegar records that "Sintela" succeeded on the death of "Sisebodo regis"[267].]