Reccared II

Reccared II (in Spanish, Galician and Portuguese, Recaredo), (? – March 621) was Visigothic King of Hispania, Septimania and Galicia briefly in 621,^[1] though the length of the reign exactly is debated to last from several days to just over a year.^[2]

Reccared II
King of Hispania, Septimania and Gallaecia
Imaginary portrait of Reccared II by Francisco Aznar. Oil on canvas (1858)
King of the Visigoths
Reign	c. February 621 – c. March 621
Predecessor	Sisebut
Successor	Suintila
Died	c. March 621
Religion	Chalcedonian Christianity

Biography

His father and predecessor was Sisebut.^[3] He was but a child when placed on the throne and as with most Visigothic attempts to establish a royal dynasty, Sisebut's was opposed by the nobility and ultimately failed.

His death allowed his general, the strongman Suintila, to accede to the throne.