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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instanceOf Visigothic king
monarch
causeOfDeath assassination
century 6th century
child Liuva I (disputed or uncertain) NERFINISHED
conflict Byzantine intervention in Hispania
Visigothic civil war (revolt of Athanagild) NERFINISHED
wars with the Franks
countryRuled Hispania NERFINISHED
Visigothic Kingdom NERFINISHED
deathDate 554
deathPlace Mérida NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Visigoths NERFINISHED
governmentForm elective monarchy
historicalPeriod Late Antiquity
historicalSource Isidore of Seville’s Historia Gothorum NERFINISHED
knownFor conflict with the Franks
troubled reign marked by internal rebellion
weakening of Visigothic control in southern Hispania
language Gothic
Vulgar Latin NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED
Frankish Kingdom NERFINISHED
partOf Visigothic monarchy in Hispania NERFINISHED
positionHeld King of the Visigoths
predecessor Theudis NERFINISHED
regionRuled Hispania NERFINISHED
reignEnd 554
reignStart 549
religion Arian Christianity NERFINISHED
ruleCharacterization marked by civil conflict
politically unstable
spouse unknown
succeeded Theudis in ruling the Visigoths NERFINISHED
successor Athanagild NERFINISHED
title Rex Visigothorum

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