Suniefred ( 700) was a
Visigoth
The Visigoths (; ) were a Germanic people united under the rule of a king and living within the Roman Empire during late antiquity. The Visigoths first appeared in the Balkans, as a Roman-allied barbarian military group united under the comman ...
ic nobleman who rebelled during the reign of
Egica
Egica, Ergica, or Egicca (''c''. 640 – 701/703), was the Visigoth King of Hispania and Septimania from 687 until his death. He was the son of Ariberga and the nephew of Wamba.
Accession
He was married (''c''. 680) to Cixilo (also known as C ...
and briefly ruled as king from
Toledo.
A single coin that is related stylistically to those of the sole reign of Egica indicates that a king of the name of
SVNIEFREDVS seized power in Toledo at some point in these years, and for long enough to have the mint start issuing in his name.
Suniefred is probably the same person as the "
chief cupbearer and duke" of the same name in the canons of the
Thirteenth Council of Toledo (683).
[Thompson, ''The Goths in Spain'', 244: "''Sunifredus, comes scanciarum et dux''".]
Sources
*
Thompson, E. A. ''The Goths in Spain''. Clarendon Press, 1969.
*
Collins, Roger
Roger J. H. Collins (born 2 September 1949) is an England, English medievalist, currently an honorary fellow in history at the University of Edinburgh.
Collins studied at the University of Oxford (The Queen's College, Oxford, Queen's and Saint ...
. ''Visigothic Spain, 409–711''. Blackwell Publishing, 2004.
* Livermore, Harold. ''Twilight of the Goths''. Intellect Books, 2006.
* Montenegro, Julia; Castillo, Arcadio del. "Theodemir's Victory over the Byzantines in the Joint Reign of Egica and Witiza: A reference by the ''Chronicle of 754''". ''Byzantion'', 74, 2 (2004), pp. 403–415.
Notes
See also
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Iudila
*
Froia
External links
* J. A. Castillo Lozano
"La enigmática figura de Suniefredo a la luz de sus emisiones monetales" ''Revista Numismática Hécate'' Nº 2, 2015.
* {{in lang, es Pío Beltrán
"Iudila y Suniefredo, reyes visigodos" ''Ampurias'', 3, 1941.
Spanish rebels
Gothic warriors
7th-century births
Year of death unknown
7th-century people from the Visigothic Kingdom