Witiza (de Coimbra) Visigoths
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Witiza (de Coimbra) Visigoths (abt. 681 - abt. 711)

Witiza Visigoths formerly de Coimbra
Born about in Asturiasmap
Ancestors ancestors
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died about at about age 30 in Coimbra, Portugalmap
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Contents

Biography

Titles

Rei de Galicia 694–702
Rei de España 702–710
Rei de Septimania 702–710
Reis dos Visigodos 698–710

Parents

Witiza was the son of Egica, King of the Visigoths, and his wife Cixilo. [1]

Birth

Witiza was born about 681-6. [1]

Death

Witiza died about 710/1. [2]

Research Notes

Some chronicles affirm the existence of a Flavius Sisebuto, judge of the Christians of Coimbra, as the son of Witiza. Some modern genealogists have come to identify this Sisebuto with the Artobas recorded in the Arab chronicles. [3]

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families. Hosted online by the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy (FMG), accessed 2022, Kings of the Visigoths in Spain.
  2. The Chronicle of Alfonso III, 5, p. 164.
  3. Wikipedia:Witiza.

See also:

  • Geni profile: Witiza I.
  • Carballeira Debasa, Ana María (2007): Galicia y los gallegos en las fuentes árabes medievales. Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientifícas. ISBN 978-84-00-08576-6.
  • De la Gándara, Felipe (1677): Nobiliario, armas y triunfos de Galicia". Madrid: Julian de Paredes.
  • Fletcher, Richard A. (1984): Saint James's catapult: the life and times of Diego Gelmírez of Santiago de Compostela. ISBN 978-0-19-822581-2. (en inglés)
  • García Oro, José (1987): Galicia en los siglos XIV y XV. A Coruña: Fundación "Pedro Barrie de la Maza, Conde de Fenosa". ISBN 84-85728-59-9.
  • González López, Emilio (1978): Grandeza e Decadencia do Reino de Galicia. Vigo: Galaxia. ISBN 84-7154-303-6.
  • López Carreira, Anselmo (2005): O Reino medieval de Galicia. Vigo: A Nosa Terra. ISBN 978-84-8341-293-0.
  • Portela Silva, Ermelindo (2001): "García II de Galicia, el rey y el reino (1065-1090)". Burgos: Editorial La Olmeda. ISBN 84-89915-16-4.
  • Rodríguez Fernández, Justianiano (1997): García I, Ordoño II, Fruela II, Alfonso IV. Burgos: Editorial La Olmeda. ISBN 84-920046-8-1.
  • Thompson, E. A. (2002): Romans and barbarians: the decline of the Western Empire. Madison, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 978-0-299-08704-3. (en inglés)
  • Torres Rodríguez, Casimiro (1977): El Reino de los Suevos. Fundación Barrié de la Maza, A Coruña. ISBN 84-85319-11-7.
  • Villacañas Berlanga, José Luis (2006): La formación de los reinos hispánicos. Pozuelo de Alarcón: Espasa Calpe. ISBN 84-670-2257-4.




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