Sisebut (also Sisebuth, Sisebuto, Sisebur, Sisebod or Sigebut; ca 565 - 620 or 621) was Visigothic King of Hispania (the Iberian Peninsula) from 612 until his death. He campaigned successfully against the remains of Byzantine power in Spania, strengthened Visigothic control over the Basques and Cantabrians, developed friendly relations with the Lombards of Italy, and reinforced the fleet which had been established by his predecessor Leovigild. In 616, he ordered that those Jews who refused to… (More on Sisebut)