"Egilo" redirects here. For the Frankish churchman, see Eigil of Prüm.
1868, Mugeres célebres de España y Portugal, Egilona, AB195 0203 (cropped)
Egilona (or Egilo) was a Visigothic noblewoman and the last known queen of the Visigoths. She was the wife first of Roderic, the Visigothic king (710–11), and then of ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz, Muslim governor (wālī) of al-Andalus (714–16). Her name is rendered Aylū by Arabic writers, who also give her the kunyaUmm ʿAṣim ("mother of ʿAṣim").[1] She was independently wealthy.[2]
^Simon Barton, Conquerors, Brides, and Concubines: Interfaith Relations and Social Power in Medieval Iberia (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2015), 15–16.
^Richard Hitchcock, Mozarabs in Medieval and Early Modern Spain: Identities and Influences (Routledge, 2016), 13–14.
Egilona (or Egilo) was a Visigothic noblewoman and the last known queen of the Visigoths. She was the wife first of Roderic, the Visigothic king (710–11)...
invasion. He was defeated and killed at the Battle of Guadalete. His widow Egilona is believed to have married Abd al-Aziz ibn Musa, the first Muslim governor...
announces first wali of Andalus and marries the widow of King Roderick, Egilona. Seville becomes the capital. 717–18 – Al-Hurr ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Thaqafi...
former superior. Musa's son, Abd al-Aziz ibn Musa, apparently married Egilona, Roderic's widow, and established his regional government in Seville. He...
Cixilo, wife of Egica (687–702), married 670, but repudiated late 687 Egilona, wife of Roderic (710–11/2) José Orlandis Rovira, "La reina en la monarquía...
belonged to Solomon. One of Musa's sons, Abd al-Aziz ibn Musa, married Egilona who was wife of Roderic. She asked 'Abd al-Aziz why his guests did not...
not uncommon. Early marriages, such as that of Abd al-Aziz ibn Musa and Egilona at the turn of the 8th century, was thought to help establish the legitimacy...
given the governorship of al-Andalus. (Date unknown). Abd al-Aziz marries Egilona, widow of Roderic. 715 February. Ibn Nusayr and ibn Ziyar return to Damascus...
to Roderick and reveals that she truly loved Roderick whereas his wife, Egilona, was now married to Abd al-Aziz ibn Musa, a Moorish leader. She also admits...
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