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LEOVIGILD , or LtiWENHELD (d. 586), See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of the Visigoths, became king in 568 after the See also:short See also:period of anarchy which followed the See also:death of King See also:Athanagild, whose widow, Goisvintha, he married. At first he ruled that See also:part of the Visigothic See also:kingdom which See also:lay to the See also:south of the See also:Pyrenees, his See also:brother Liuva or Leova governing the small part to the See also:north of these mountains; but in 572 Liuva died and Leovigild became See also:sole king. At this See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time the Visigoths who settled in See also:Spain See also:early in the 5th See also:century were menaced by two powerful enemies, the Suevi who had a small kingdom in the north-See also:west of the See also:peninsula, and the Byzantines who had answered Athanagild's See also:appeal for help by taking See also:possession of a stretch of See also:country in the south-See also:east. Their kingdom, too, was divided and weakened by the fierce hostility between the orthodox Christians and those who professed Arianism. See also:Internal and See also:external dangers alike, however, failed to daunt Leovigild, who may fairly be called the restorer of the Visigothic kingdom. He turned first against the Byzantines, who were defeated several times; he took See also:Cordova and chastised the Suevi; and then by stern See also:measures he destroyed the See also:power of those unruly and rebellious chieftains who had reduced former See also:kings to the position of ciphers. The chronicler tells how, having given See also:peace to his See also:people, he, first of the Visigothic sovereigns, assumed the attire of a king and made See also:Toledo his See also:capital. He strengthened the position of his See also:family and provided for the See also:security of his kingdom by associating his two sons, Recared and Hermenegild, with himself in the kingly See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office and placing parts of the See also:land under their See also:rule. Leovigild him-self was an Arian, being the last of the Visigothic kings to hold that creed; but he was not a See also:bitter foe of the orthodox Christians, although he was obliged to punish them when they conspired against him with his external enemies. His son Hermenegild, however, was converted to the orthodox faith through the See also:influence of his Frankish wife, Ingundis, daughter of King See also:Sigebert I., and of Leander, See also:metropolitan of See also:Seville. Allying himself with the Byzantines and other enemies of the Visigoths, and supported by most of the orthodox Christians he headed a formidable insurrection. The struggle was fierce; but at length, employing persuasion as well as force, the old king triumphed. Hermenegild was captured; he refused to give up his faith and in See also:March or See also:April 585 he was executed. He was canonized at the See also:request of See also:- PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
Philip II., king of Spain, by See also:Pope See also:Sixtus V. About this time Leovigild put an end to the kingdom of the Suevi. During his last years he was engaged in a See also:war with the See also:Franks. He died at Toledo on the 21st of April 586 and was succeeded by his son Recared.
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