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Egilona
Sign in to saveAlso known as Egilo, Aylū, Umm ʿAṣim
thumb|Egilona, as depicted in Mugeres célebres de España y Portugal ("Celebrated Women of Spain and Portugal"), 1868. 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 kunya Umm ʿAṣim ("mother of ʿAṣim"). She was independently wealthy.
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Toledo
- Place of birth
- Kingdom of Toledo
- Place of death
- al-Andalus
- Spouse
- Abd al-Aziz ibn Musa
- Sibling
- Count Cassius
- Occupation
- consort
- Religion
- Nicene Christianity
- Noble title
- queen consort
- Image
- 1868, Mugeres célebres de España y Portugal, Egilona, AB195 0203 (cropped).jpg
- Residence
- Seville
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- date of birth
- 0700-00-00
- date of death
- 0718-00-00
- Commons category
- Egilona
- floruit
- 0800-00-00
- time period
- Umayyad conquest of Hispania
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thumb|Egilona, as depicted in Mugeres célebres de España y Portugal ("Celebrated Women of Spain and Portugal"), 1868. 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 kunya Umm ʿAṣim ("mother of ʿAṣim"). She was independently wealthy.
==Biography== Egilona may have been related to Kings Egica and Wittiza. Since the succession of 710 was contested, Roderic may have married Egilona to strengthen his position. Their marriage did not last long, as he died at the Battle of the Guadalete the following year.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Egilona” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.