Agila I

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Agila I was a 6th-century Visigothic king of Hispania known for his troubled reign marked by internal rebellion and conflict with the Franks.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Visigothic king
monarch
causeOfDeath assassination
century 6th century
child Liuva I (disputed or uncertain)
linked to: Liuva I
conflict Byzantine intervention in Hispania
Visigothic civil war (revolt of Athanagild)
wars with the Franks
countryRuled Hispania
linked to: Hispania (probable)

Visigothic Kingdom
deathDate 554
deathPlace Mérida
ethnicGroup Visigoths
linked to: Goths
governmentForm elective monarchy
historicalPeriod Late Antiquity
historicalSource Isidore of Seville’s Historia Gothorum
knownFor conflict with the Franks
troubled reign marked by internal rebellion
weakening of Visigothic control in southern Hispania
language Gothic
Vulgar Latin
notableEvent Byzantine occupation of parts of southern Hispania during his reign
loss of Seville during internal rebellion
revolt of Athanagild against his rule
notableOutcome contributed to establishment of Byzantine province of Spania
opponent Athanagild
Byzantine Empire
Frankish Kingdom
partOf Visigothic monarchy in Hispania
linked to: Visigothic Kingdom
positionHeld King of the Visigoths
predecessor Theudis
regionRuled Hispania
linked to: Iberian Peninsula
reignEnd 554
reignStart 549
religion Arian Christianity
linked to: Arianism
ruleCharacterization marked by civil conflict
politically unstable
spouse unknown
succeeded Theudis in ruling the Visigoths
successor Athanagild
title Rex Visigothorum

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