Gundemar
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{{Short description|Visigothic king}}
{{Infobox royalty
|name = Gundemar
|title = King of Hispania, Septimania and Gallaecia
|image = File:Gundemaro, rey de los Visigodos (Museo del Prado).jpg
|caption = Imaginary portrait of Gundemar, by Bernardino Montañés. Oil on canvas (1858)
|succession = King of the Visigoths
|reign = {{circa|April 610}} – {{circa|February/March 612}}
|predecessor = Witteric
|successor = Sisebut
|birth_date =
|death_date = {{circa}} February/March 612
| spouse = Hildoara
|religion = Chalcedonian Christianity
}}
File:Gundemaro, rey de los Visigodos (Museo del Prado).jpg
Gundemar was a Visigothic King of Hispania, Septimania and Galicia (610–612).
Reign
Gundemar continued a policy of amity with Clotaire II of Neustria and Theodobert II of Austrasia. To this end, he sent grand sums of money to support their cause against their relative (cousin and brother, respectively) Theuderic II of Burgundy. At other times, he pursued a hostile policy against Brunhilda.E. A. Thompson, The Goths in Spain (Clarendon P., 1969), p. 160.
According to Isidore of Seville, Gundemar made one expedition against the Basques, then besieged the Byzantines in the following year. With the Byzantine Empire in particular, he had a Casus Belli because of jurisdictional challenge between Carthage and the Spanish church.{{Cite book | url=https://play.google.com/books/publish/u/0/a/6332078415009339844#book/ISBN:9781960069719/review |title = The Decree of 610 |isbn = 9781960069719 |last1 = Curtin|first1 = D. P.|date = March 2020|publisher = Dalcassian Publishing Company }} He died a natural death in Toledo, probably in February or March 612.Isidore of Seville, Historia de regibus Gothorum, Vandalorum et Suevorum, chapter 59. Translation by Guido Donini and Gordon B. Ford, Isidore of Seville's History of the Goths, Vandals, and Suevi, second revised edition (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1970), p. 27. The Chronica Regum Visigotthorum records that Gundemar reigned for one year, ten months and 14 days.Chronica Regum Visigotthorum, España Sagrada Tomo II [https://archive.org/stream/espaasagradath02fluoft#page/n3/mode/2up], p. 173. He was succeeded by Sisebut.
He was married to Hildoara.
Legacy
The towns of Gondomar in Portugal and in Galicia are named after him.{{Citation needed|date=January 2017}}
References
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External links
- {{in lang|es}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20120203074226/http://www.maravedis.net/visigodos_gundemaro.html Coins of King Gundemar]
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Category:7th-century Visigothic monarchs
Category:Year of birth unknown
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