This ruler's wife Egilona, or Ailo, came to marry the commander who defeated him at the Battle of Guadalete, where he reportedly met his death.
This ruler's wife Egilona, or Ailo, came to marry the commander who defeated him at the Battle of Guadalete, where he reportedly met his death. He allegedly raped a woman often known as La Cava or given the fictitious name Florinda, the daughter of Count Julian the governor of Ceuta, as recounted in a play about this ruler by Walter Savage Landor. His ascent to power came after the death of king Witiza, under whom he had served as duke of Baetica. Count Julian allegedly contacted Musa ibn Nusair to open the way for the ►invasion against this king, who was also written about by Robert Southey. FTP, name this man killed in 711 A.D., famously hailed as the last king of the Visigoths.
This ruler's wife Egilona, or Ailo, came to marry the commander who defeated him at the Battle of Guadalete, where he reportedly met his death.
{Roderick} (or Ruderic, Roderich, Rodrigo, Don Roderick, etc.)