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Liuvigild

525 - 586

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Liuvigild, Leuvigild, Leovigild, or Leovigildo (Spanish and Portuguese), (c. 519 – 586) was a Visigothic king of Hispania and Septimania from 569 to 586. Known for his Codex Revisus or Code of Leovigild, a law allowing equal rights between the Visigothic and Hispano-Roman population, his kingdom covered modern Spain down to Toledo and Portugal. Liuvigild ranks among the greatest Visigothic kings of the Arian period. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Liuvigild is the 3,273rd most popular politician (down from 3,213th in 2019), the 266th most popular biography from Spain (up from 282nd in 2019) and the 92nd most popular Spanish Politician.

Liuvigild was most famous for his reform of the Roman monetary system. He replaced the gold solidus with the new silver coin, the argenteus, which was worth one-third of a solidus.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Liuvigild ranks 3,273 out of 19,576. Before him are Wang Xizhi, Gudrun Burwitz, Biligtü Khan Ayushiridara, Musa ibn Nusayr, Ernak, and Canute VI of Denmark. After him are Albert of Saxony, Abdulla Yameen, Canute V of Denmark, Dorothea of Denmark, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Amenemhat I, and Joseph Kasa-Vubu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 525, Liuvigild ranks 2. Before him is Pope Benedict I. After him are Antarah ibn Shaddad, Justinian, Alexander of Tralles, and Aneirin. Among people deceased in 586, Liuvigild ranks 1. After him is Urien.

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    Liuvigild

    POLITICIAN

    525 - 586

    HPI: 69.18

    Rank: 1

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    Urien

    POLITICIAN

    490 - 586

    HPI: 56.74

    Rank: 2

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Liuvigild ranks 266 out of 3,355. Before him are Muhammad I of Granada (1194), Antonio Machado (1875), George Santayana (1863), Infante Carlos, Count of Molina (1788), Ibn Zuhr (1091), and Isidore the Laborer (1080). After him are Felipe González (1942), Andrés Segovia (1893), Huneric (450), Francisco de Vitoria (1483), Alfonso I of Asturias (693), and Tito Vilanova (1968).

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Among POLITICIANS In Spain

Among politicians born in Spain, Liuvigild ranks 92. Before him are Sancho II of Castile and León (1036), Abd al-Rahman ibn Abd Allah al-Ghafiqi (650), Gaius Julius Vindex (25), Louis Blanc (1811), Muhammad I of Granada (1194), and Infante Carlos, Count of Molina (1788). After him are Felipe González (1942), Huneric (450), Alfonso I of Asturias (693), Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona (1114), Maria Luisa, Duchess of Lucca (1782), and Ferdinand II of León (1137).

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