They both tried to seek refuge in Constantinople after his execution, but it was refused while they were already in Sicily. He had one son by his wife named Athanagild after his matrilineal great-grandfather king Athanagild. King Liuvigild ordered him beheaded he was executed on 13 April 585. During his captivity in the tower of Seville, an Arian bishop was sent to Hermenegild for Easter but he would not accept the Eucharist from him. Hermenegild was imprisoned in Tarragona or Toledo. Goiswintha, however, brought about another alienation within the family. That was accepted, and peace was made for some time. He sent Reccared inside to speak with Hermenegild and to offer peace. Liuvigild would not violate the sanctuary. Hermenegild sought sanctuary in a church. After Liuvigild paid 30,000 pieces of gold, the Byzantines withdrew and took Ingund and her son with them. Hermenegild fled to Seville and when it fell to a siege in 584, he went to Córdoba. For a time, Hermenegild had the support of the Suebi, who had been defeated by Liuvigild in 579, but he forced them to capitulate once again in 583. He asked for the aid of the Byzantine Empire, but it was occupied with defending itself from territorial incursions by the Sasanian Empire. Contemporary accounts attribute that to politics, rather than primarily religious differences. His family demanded for him to return to Arianism, but he refused.Īround then, he led a revolt against Liuvigild. Hermenegild was converted to Chalcedonian Christianity. There, he came under the influence of Leander of Seville, the older brother of Isidore of Seville. Liuvigild sent Hermenegild to the south to govern on his behalf. The twelve-year-old Ingund was pressured by Hermenegild's stepmother Goiswintha to abjure her beliefs, but she stayed firm in her faith. Her mother was the Visigoth princess Brunhilda of Austrasia. In 579, he married Ingund, the daughter of the Frankish King Sigebert I of Austrasia who was a Catholic. The Baptism of Saint Hermenegild, attributed to Guercino, 17th century He was a brother of Reccared I and brought up an Arian. Hermenegild was the eldest son of Liuvigild and his first wife. His death was later celebrated as a martyrdom due to the influence of Pope Gregory I's Dialogues, in which he portrayed Hermenegild as a "Catholic martyr rebelling against the tyranny of an Arian father." Marriage to Ingund Hermenegild was defeated in 584 and exiled. During his rebellion, he converted from Arianism to Catholicism. He fell out with his father in 579, then revolted the following year. Saint Hermenegild or Ermengild (died 13 April 585 Spanish: San Hermenegildo Latin: Hermenegildus, from Gothic *Airmana-gild, "immense tribute"), was the son of king Liuvigild of the Visigothic Kingdom in the Iberian Peninsula and southern France. The Order features an obverse inscription that translates to “Award for Military Constancy.El Triunfo de San Hermenegildo by Francisco Herrera the Younger (1654) There is known several variation of this Order. It is conferred upon Generals, Officers, non-commissioned officers of the Spanish Army including the Spanish Navy and Air Force, Special forces and Civil Guard. There are four grades Grand Cross, Commander by Number, Commander, and Cross. The Order is currently awarded in Spain in recognition of length of service to the Crown, with an unbroken record of exemplary behavior in the performance of their duties. Later, General Francisco Franco re-instituted the badge's design. In 1931, the Second Spanish Republic modified the badge replacing the Royal Crown by the Mural Crown. It is the first Spanish military Order awarded for length of services. It was founded in recognition of Spanish and foreign military personnel who defeated the Napoleonic army, after four year of conflict, and reconstituted Ferdinand's VII reign. Hermenegildo (Real y Militar Orden de San Hermenegildo) was established by King Fernando VII/Ferdinand VII on November 28, 1814, after the end of the Peninsular War.
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