Spain: Liuvigild (c. 519 - 586), Visigothic King of Hispania, Septimania and Galicia, Plaza de Oriente, Madrid. Created by Spanish sculptor, Felipe del Corral, c. 1750

Liuvigild, Leuvigild, Leovigild, or Leovigildo (Spanish and Portuguese), (c. 519 – 21 April 586) was a Visigothic King of Hispania and Septimania from 568 to April 21, 586. From 585 he was also King of Galicia. Known for his Codex Revisus or Code of Leovigild, a unifying law allowing equal rights between the Visigothic and Hispano-Roman population, his kingdom covered modern Portugal and most of modern Spain down to Toledo.

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