Witteric Visigothic King of Hispania, Septimania and Galici [61312]

  General Notes:

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Witteric (in Spanish Witerico, in Portuguese and Galician Viterico) was Visigothic King of Hispania , Septimania and Galicia from 603 to 610 .
In the spring of 602, the Goth Witteric, one of the conspirators with Sunna de Mérida to reestablish Arianism in 589 , was given command of the army with the job of repulsing the Byzantines . From this position of power at the head of the army, he surrounded himself with confidantes. When it came time to expel the Byzantines, Witteric instead used his troops to strike at the king (Spring 603). In invading the royal palace and deposing the young king, Liuva II , he counted on the support of a faction of nobles in opposition to the dynasty of Leovigild . A large fraction of the Visigothic population could always be relied upon to oppose dynastic rule. Witteric cut off the king's right hand and later had him condemned and executed (Summer 603).

  Noted events in his life were:

• Acceded: King of Hispania, Septimania and Galicia, 603.

Witteric married.