Wamba (king)
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Wamba (Medieval Latin: VVamba, Vamba, Wamba; c. 630 – 687/688) was the king of the Visigoths from 672 to 680. During his reign, the Visigothic kingdom encompassed all of Hispania and part of southern Gaul known as Septimania.
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Wamba | |
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King of the Visigoths | |
Reign | 1 September 672 – 14 October 680 |
Predecessor | Recceswinth |
Successor | Erwig |
Born | c. 630 Visigothic Kingdom |
Died | 687/688 Visigothic Kingdom |
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According to Herwig Wolfram, Wamba means "big paunch" in Gothic (like German: "Wampe", cognate to English "womb") and may have been a nickname.[1] Both Julian of Toledo in his Historia Wambae (History of Wamba) and the decisions of the eleventh Council of Toledo, held under Wamba's auspices, refer to the king only as Wamba.