In 642,
Chindasuinth, a Gothic warlord, who may have been as old as 79, commenced a rebellion. He had command of the frontier with the
Basques. He saw the crown's weakness, and a convention of nobles (landholding Goths) and other Gothic inhabitants at Pampalica (probably modern
Pampliega) proclaimed him king without the support of the church. According to
Sigebert of Gembloux, the rebel deposed Tulga in
Toledo and
tonsured him, sending him to live out his days in a monastery, since monks were ineligible for the elective throne. However, Saint
Ildephonsus of Toledo says that the rebellion failed without the church's support and Chindasuinth succeeded only on the death of Tulga. Modern historians consider it impossible to discern the truth. ==Bibliography==