King Erwig

Visigothic King Wamba ruled from 672 to 680, when something happened to him. There are different stories about how he ended his reign. The main one is that he fell ill, took up monastic vows to save his soul while on his supposed deathbed, then recovered, but could not renounce the vows and had to abdicate.Two centuries later a history says he was poisoned, but had to step down after recovering. Another version is that he slept (possibly being given a sleeping potion), whereupon Erwig shaved his head. A shaved head meant he was not allowed to rule, but he was glad to step away from the responsibility and join a monastery, where he lived until he died in 687. It was said that he named Erwig as his successor.The abdication took place on 14 October. His successor, Erwig, was anointed king on 31 October—rather quickly.A few months later, Erwig opened the Twelfth Council of Toledo. The Council confirmed that the abdication of Jamba and succession of earwig were legitimate, but historians…

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