#witiza

[paintingsandhistory]

Witiza , Visigothic King

Artist: Manuel Iglesias y Domínguez (Spanish, ¿? - 1853)

Date: c. 1853

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, Spain

Description

Associated with his father Egica on the throne, in the year 700 Witiza was appointed king of the Suebi in Galicia , establishing his royal seat in the city of Tuy . Upon his father's death two years later, he succeeded him as sole king of the Visigoths. Although little is known of his reign, some anonymous chronicles mention that he brought peace and prosperity to his kingdom. He was a less belligerent ruler than his father, and he lifted the punishment imposed on those he had exiled, returning to them their property, slaves, and even positions in the palace.

[royalty-nobility]

Witiza, Gothic King

Artist: Manuel Iglesias y Domínguez (Spanish, ? - 1853

Date: c. 1853

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain

Description

Associated by his father Égica to the throne, in the year 700 he was appointed king of the Suebi in Galicia, he established his royal seat in the city of Tuy and, upon the death of his father, two years later he succeeded him as sole king of the Visigoths. Although little is known about his reign, some anonymous chronicles mention that he brought peace and prosperity to his kingdom. He was a less belligerent ruler than his father, and lifted the punishment of those banished by him, returning property and slaves and even positions in the palace. It was deposited in the Economic Society of Friends of the Country of Santiago de Compostela by Royal Order, from 1886 to 1972.