Spain: Suintila (c. 588 - 633 / 635), Visigothic King of Hispania, Septimania and Galicia, Plaza de Oriente, Madrid. Created by Spanish sculptor, Jesús Bustos, c. 1750

Suintila, or Swinthila, Svinthila; (c. 588 – 633 / 635) was Visigothic King of Hispania, Septimania and Galicia from 621 to 631. There was a new peace in the Kingdom of the Visigoths. As a direct result, by 624 the king was able to retake those lands that had been under the control of the Eastern Roman Empire. He was a son of Reccared I and wife Bado, and a brother of the general Geila.

It was around Suintila’s time that a secondary form of the word Hispania was growing in usage: Spania, from which the modern name of Spain originated.

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David Henley

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