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Goswintha Goswintha born around 525-530 within a noble family Visigoth.

Life
Around the year 545 had married Atanagildo belonging to another illustrious family of the kingdom. Shortly after their wedding, Atanagildo emerged as a possible successor of the late King Teudisclo. Is more than likely Goswintha was behind the revolt led by her husband elected to dethrone the king, Agila. To do this, Atanagildo not hesitate to ask for help Justiniano who would have to give up some Spanish territory after getting defeat Agila and reach the Visigoth crown Byzantine emperor. With Atanagildo an important period in the history of peninsular Visigoth kingdom whose capital would be transferred from Barcelona to Toledo began.

Goswintha had only two daughters with Atanagildo. The two would be used by his mother, the new queen of the Visigoths, to maintain good relations with the neighboring kingdom of the Merovingian France. Thus, Brunegilda and Galswinta would marry Sigeberto of Austrasia and Chilperic of Neustria respectively.

Leovigildo
After the death of Atanagildo in the 567 and for four years, he rose to power Liuva I. This Visigoth king joined the power to his brother Leovigildo who would reign alone from 582 after the death of Liuva.

Leovigildo did not hesitate to marry the widowed queen to prevent possible uprisings of the family of the former king while potentiated legitimacy to the throne to marry Goswintha who had been queen.

During the reign of her second husband, the queen continued his policy of rapprochement with the Franks organizing the marriage of his stepson Hermenegildo with her granddaughter Ingunda. However this link caused one of the most turbulent episodes of the reign of Leovigildo. Ingunda, a fervent Catholic, met with strong Arian beliefs of her grandmother who did not hesitate to physically mistreat her granddaughter to try to get unsuccessfully conversion to the official religion.

It seems that Hermenegildo have been influenced by his wife to convert to Catholicism and concoct a revolt against the king. The uprising ended with the murder of Hermenegildo and the flight of Ingunda to Byzantium, land came not to step on as he died on the way.

Stepmother
In 586 King Leovigildo died and ascended to the throne his son Recaredo. Although during the early years of the reign of Recaredo, Goswintha was at his side as queen widow supporting her stepson, his political interests soon came into conflict. Recaredo, who was to marry a princess frank, following the foreign policy of his stepmother, not only broke off the engagement but married a mysterious woman from the northern lands Astur, known as the Queen Baddo.

During the celebration of the Third Council of Toledo in 589, Recaredo gave a twist to the religious policy of the kingdom and turned to Catholicism banishing Arianism as the official creed.

Goswintha was again attacked in their deepest beliefs. His response was immediate. That same year, helped by the Arian bishop Uldila, concocted a plot to kill his stepson Recaredo. Goswintha did not achieve its objective. Uldila was ostracized and Queen Goswintha suddenly disappeared from history. Most likely he committed suicide.

Without judging whether the political movements of this queen were successful or not, what is clear is that Goswintha was faithful to his religious and political beliefs woman.