Lampagia ( Latin: Lampagie ; died after 731 ) is the wife of Utman ibn Naiss , the Berber emir, viceroy in the lands called by the Arabs the “eastern frontier”, which included Cerdan [1] , Narbonne and Septimania . According to sources, she is also known under the names of Numerance, Menin.
| Lampagia | |
|---|---|
| lat Lampagie | |
| Date of Birth | |
| Date of death | after 731 |
| Father | Ed the Great |
| Spouse | Utman ibn Naissa |
Biography
According to Arabic chronicles, she was a Christian from independent Galicia , "the daughter of the count of this country." However, the Mosarab Chronicle of 754 , previously attributed to Isidore Patsensky (or Bezhsky) , indicates that she was the daughter of the Duke of Aquitaine, the Great (either illegitimate or from a second marriage):
Lampagia was a child from a second marriage or the illegitimate daughter of Ed Aquitaine; since the first wife of this sovereign was too old to give him a daughter who would be so young in 730 [2]
Most likely she was born in the 700s - 710s . It is known that she was very beautiful. Around 730, the Berber emir Utman ibn Naiss , better known as Munuza, governor of the Arabs in Septimania, captured Lampagia during one of the raids in Aquitaine. The beauty of the girl so impressed Munuza that he married her. Thanks to this marriage, Munuza became close to his wife’s father, Duke Ed [3] .
In 731, Munuza rebelled against Abd al-Rahman , Wali Al-Andaluza , but the uprising ended in failure. Abd ar-Rahman took advantage of the rebellion of Munuza in order to assemble a huge army. He directed part of it under the command of Hehdi ibn Ziyi against Munuza, who was locked in his capital Al-Baba. Munuza was taken by surprise and was not ready to repel the attack, and Ed, busy with the fight against Karl Martel, could not come to the aid of the ally. As a result, Munuza was killed, and his wife Lampagiya was captured and sent to Abd al-Rahman, who, fascinated by the beauty of the captive, sent her as a gift to Damascus Caliph Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik , who took Lampagia to his harem. There is no more information about her.
Notes
- ↑ Future Catalonia .
- ↑ Quote from: Devioss Jean, Rua Jean-Henri. The Battle of Poitiers. - S. 148.
- ↑ Historians disagree about the chronology of events. According to some, marriage served as the basis for an alliance between Ed and Munuza; according to others, Ed himself gave his daughter in marriage to the “infidel” to strengthen the union.
Literature
- Monlezun, Jean Justin. Histoire de la Gascogne = Histoire de la Gascogne depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'à nos jours. - JA Portes, 1846-1850. (Fr.) ( Russian translation )
- Devioss Jean, Rua Jean-Henri. The Battle of Poitiers = Bataille de Poitieis (octobre 733) / Translation by Sanina A.V. - St. Petersburg. : Eurasia, 2003 .-- 288 p. - 2000 copies. - ISBN 5-8071-0132-4 .
Links
- Foundation for Medieval Genealogy website: Dukes of Aquitaine Date of treatment November 20, 2008. Archived January 31, 2011.