Cixilo (7th-century – fl. 694) was a Visigoth queen consort by marriage to king
Egica
Egica, Ergica, or Egicca (''c''. 610 – 701/703), was the Visigoth King of Hispania and Septimania from 687 until his death. He was the son of Ariberga and the brother-in-law of Wamba.
Accession
He was married (''c''. 670) to Cixilo (also k ...
(687–702).
She was the daughter of
Erwig
Erwig ( la, Flavius Ervigius; after 642 – 687) was a king of the Visigoths in Hispania (680–687).
Parentage
According to the 9th-century '' Chronicle of Alfonso III'', Erwig was the son of Ardabast, who had journeyed from the Byzantine Empire ...
and
Liuvigoto
Liuvigoto (7th-century – fl. 693) was a Visigoth queen consort by marriage to king Erwig (680–687).
In 683, her spouse attempted to secure a reform in which the remarriage of a widow after the death of a king was banned as adultery, in order ...
. She married Egica in 670. She was repudiated in 687. She was, however, only temporary moved to a convent, and allowed to returned and resinstated as queen, being attested in 691 as well as 694.
[Orlandis Rovira J. La reina en la Monarquia visigoda // Anuario de Historia del Derecho Español. — 1957—1958. — № 27—28. — P. 109—135. — ISSN 0304-4319.]
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Visigothic queens consort
7th-century people of the Visigothic Kingdom
7th-century women