Hilderic or Hilderuc was
count
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of
Nîmes during the reigns of
Recceswinth
Recceswinth (died 1 September 672) was the Visigothic King of Hispania, and Septimania in 649–672. He ruled jointly with his father Chindaswinth until his father's death in 653.
Name
His Gothic name is believed to have been *𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌺� ...
and
Wamba. Immediately upon the latter's accession in 672, Hilderic rebelled. Many oppressed
Jews
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joined this rebellion. When Wamba sent the Duke
Paul
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Christianity
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to end the hostilities, the latter became a rebel himself in
Septimania (
Narbonensis
Gallia Narbonensis ( Latin for "Gaul of Narbonne", from its chief settlement) was a Roman province located in what is now Languedoc and Provence, in Southern France. It was also known as Provincia Nostra ("Our Province"), because it was ...
and
Tarraconensis
Hispania Tarraconensis was one of three Roman provinces in Hispania. It encompassed much of the northern, eastern and central territories of modern Spain along with modern northern Portugal. Southern Spain, the region now called Andalusia was the ...
). Hilderic's fate is unknown, though Wamba crushed the rebels, he let Paul live.
People from Nîmes
7th-century rulers in Europe
Jewish French history
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