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	ATHANAGILD - LoveToKnow Article on ATHANAGILD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Athanagild~ when him- th f king, vainly tried to oust his late allies from the footing which na om Spain till seventy years later.
		Athanagild himself is chiefly tmembered for the tragic fortunes of his daughters Brunechildis nd Gavleswintha, who married two Frankish brother kings, igebert and Chilperic.
		Athanagild died (peacefully, as the nnalist remarks) in 547.
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		Athanagild was able to recover a few cities but was forced to cede a large portion of Hispania Baetica (Andalusia) to a Byzantine governor of high standing but advanced years named Liberius.
		Athanagild's court at the city he founded, Toledo, was famed for its splendor.
		Athanagild died peacefully in his bed, a fact his chronicler didn't overlook, and was succeeded by his brothers Liuva I and the powerful restorer of Visigothic unity, Liuvigild, last of the Arian Visigoths.
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		Athanagild then became king of the Goths in Spain.
		Although throughout his rule he had to fight the Byzantines, the Franks, and the Suevi, and was harassed in the Pyrenees by the Basques, Athanagild strengthened his kingdom internally by conciliating the Catholics, whom his Arian predecessors had oppressed.
		Athanagild was the father of the queens Brunhild and the tragically murdered Galswintha, who married the Frankish brother-kings Sigebert of Austrasia and Chilperic, king of the Neustrian Franks, who set aside his first wife in favor of Galswintha, then had her strangled.
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	Athanagild
		Having deposed his predecessor, Agila, with the aid of an army sent by Byzantine Emperor Justinian I, he ceded a large portion of S Spain to the Byzantines and was unable to prevent them from further extending their territory.
		Although throughout his rule he had to fight the Byzantines, the Franks, and the Basques, Athanagild strengthened his kingdom internally by conciliating the Catholics, whom his Arian predecessors had oppressed.
		Athanagild was the father of the Frankish queens Brunhilda and Galswintha.
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	Athanagild -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		He had invited the establishment of a Byzantine (An enclosed territory that is culturally distinct from the foreign territory that surrounds it) enclave in the south of Iberia that would last for a further seventy years.
		When the king of the Suevi declared for Catholic Christianity about 560, Athanagild and the Visigothic nobility found themselves isolated in their (Heretical doctrine taught by Arius that asserted the radical primacy of the Father over the Son) Arianism.
		Athanagild died peacefully in his bed, a fact his chronicler did not overlook, and was succeeded by his brothers Liuva I and the powerful restorer of Visigothic unity, (Click link for more info and facts about Leovigild) Leovigild, last of the Arian Visigoths.
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	567 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Livva I succeeds Athanagild as king of the Visigoths.
		John III, Patriarch of Constantinople, organizes a compromise between the Chalcedonians and Monophysites.
		Sigebert I, king of Austrasia, marries Brunhilda, and Chilperic I marries Galswintha, both daughters of the Visigothic king Athanagild.
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	ATHANAGILD (d. $47) - Online Information article about ATHANAGILD (d. $47) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Athanagild, when him-self king, vainly tried to oust his See also:
		Athanagild himself is chiefly remembered for the tragic fortunes of his daughters Brunechildis and Gavleswintha, who married two Frankish See also:
		Athanagild died (" peacefully," as the annalist remarks) in 547.
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	Articles - Liuvigild (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Liuvigild was declared co-king with his brother Liuva I on the throne of the Visigoths after a short period of anarchy which followed the death of King Athanagild, who was a brother of them both.
		Liuvigild began his sole reign of the reunited Visigothic territories by seizing the Byzantine-ruled city of CÃ³rdoba, where the Byzantines had recently answered Athanagild's call for help by establishing a stretch of Byzantine territory in the southeast of the Iberian peninsula.
		Liuvigild also ousted the Germanic Suevi from their strongholds at LeÃ³n and Zamora, thus enlarging his kingdom to the north and west as well, but for another generation the eastern Roman emperor retained a base in southeastern Spain, which retained its old Roman name of Hispania Baetica.
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	Visigoths - History for Kids!
		In Spain the Visigoths fell under the control of the Ostrogoths, because the Visigoths' new king, Amalaric, was only a baby, and his powerful grandfather, Theodoric the Ostrogoth, offered to act as regent for him (to rule for Amalaric until he grew up).
		Athanagild, who was losing, asked the Roman Emperor Justinian to help him, and Justinian sent troops right away, who put Athanagild on the throne and killed Agila.
		But when Athanagild thanked the Romans and said they could go home now, the Romans said no, they were going to stay.
	www.historyforkids.org /learn/medieval/history/earlymiddle/visigoths.htm (539 words)

	Brunhild -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		In the Eddic poems in which she appears, she plays the leading role; in the Nibelungenlied, because of a shift of emphasis, her prominence is greatly reduced.
		queen of the Frankish kingdom of Austrasia, daughter of the Visigothic king Athanagild, and one of the most forceful figures of the Merovingian Age.
		daughter of Athanagild, Visigothic king of Spain; sister of Brunhild, queen of Austrasia; and wife of Chilperic I, the Merovingian king of Neustria.
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		Livva I Livva I succeeds Athanagild Athanagild as king of the Visigoth Visigoths.
		John III John III, Patriarch of Constantinople Patriarch of Constantinople, organizes a compromise between the Chalcedonians Chalcedonians and Monophysites Monophysites.
		Sigebert I Sigebert I, king of Austrasia Austrasia, marries Brunhild Brunhild, and Chilperic I Chilperic I marries Galswintha Galswintha, both daughters of the Visigoth Visigothic king Athanagild Athanagild.
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	Galswintha -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		French Galswinthe daughter of Athanagild, Visigothic king of Spain; sister of Brunhild, queen of Austrasia; and wife of Chilperic I, the Merovingian king of Neustria.
		Frankish king of the Merovingian dynasty, son of Chlotar I and Ingund; he successfully pursued a civil war against his half brother, Chilperic I. Brunhild
		Merovingian king of Soissons whom Gregory of Tours, a contemporary, called the Nero and the Herod of his age.
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	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Andalusia
		With the Germanic invasion came the Vandals, who established themselves here, to be followed by the Visigoths when the Vandals passed over into Africa.
		When Athanagild called the Byzantines to his aid, he gave them as a compensation the most southerly portion of Andalusia, but Leovigild Suintila, and Sisebut succeeded in reuniting it to the monarchy of the Visigoths.
		Under the rule of the Emirs, subordinates of the Caliph of Damascus, and in the time of the Caliphate of Cordova, Andalusia was the centre of the political life and literary and artistic culture of the Arab people.
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		The Hutchinson Dictionary of World History 01-01-1998 Athanagild (died 568)Visigoth king of Spain 534-48.
		Athanagild then became king of the Goths in Spain, and endeavoured...
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	Ancestors of Eugene Ashton ANDREW & Anna Louise HANISH Princess Brunchildis VISIGOTHS ANDREW ANGERMUELLER HANISH ...
		Sigebert sent costly presents to Athanagild, Visigothic king of Spain, and asked for his daughter Brunhilda; Athanagild, fearing the Franks even when they bore gifts, consented; and Brunhilda came to grace the halls of Metz and Reims (566).
		He asked Athanagild for Brunhilda's sister; Galswintha came to Soissons, and Chilperic loved her, for she had brought great treasures.
		Chilperic returned to the arms of Fredegunda; Galswintha proposed to go back to Spain; Chilperic had her strangled (567).
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