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=== THE PLANTAGENET ANCESTRY (GS NUMBER Q940 ===
THE PLANTAGENET ANCESTRY (GS NUMBER Q940 D2T) P.38;
Family 1: Flavius Witiza King of the Visigoths, b. in Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Kingdom of the Visigoths d. 711 in Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Kingdom of the Visigoths
Sources:
- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Cixillo de la Visigoths -
Author: The Plantagenet Ancestry, Lt.-Col. W. H. Turton, D.S.O., Montgomery County Library, I-45 North, Conroe, TX, Page number: p.38
Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2657355705
- Title: Wikipedia contributors, 'Egica', Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 26 September 2016, 02:48 UTC, [accessed 26 September 2016]
Author: [1]. Collins, Visigothic Spain, 105. [2]. Collins, Visigothic Spain, 72.
Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Egica&oldid=741213365;
Note: " Egica, Ergica, or Egicca (c. 610 – 701x703) was the Visigoth King of Hispania and Septimania from 687 until his death. He was the son of Ariberga and the brother in law of Wamba."
"Accession
He was married (c. 670) to Cixilo (also known as Cixilona, Cioxillo or Cixila), the daughter of his royal predecessor Erwig and wife Liuvigoto. On his deathbed on 14 November 687, Erwig confirmed Egica as his heir and sent him with the royal court to Toledo to be crowned.[1] He was anointed on 24 November. Upon Ergica's marriage to Cixilo, Erwig had made him swear an oath to protect Erwig's children. Before his death Erwig required a second oath, swearing not to deny justice to the people. Shortly after taking the throne, Ergica called the Fifteenth Council of Toledo on 11 May 688, at which he claimed the two oaths were contradictory (because to do justice to the people required "harming" Erwig's children) and asked the council of bishops to release him from one or the other. Egica, however, met the opposition of Julian of Toledo. The council allowed Egica to abandon his wife but only partially rescinded the oath to protect Erwig's children. Ergica waited until Julian's death in 690 to call a second provincial council of Tarraconensis, which resulted in Erwig's widow, Liuvigoto, being sent to a convent. "
"Notable Events
In 691, Ergica oversaw the beginning of the building of the Church of San Pedro de la Nave in Zamora.
In 693, the metropolitan of Toledo, Sisebert, led a rebellion against Ergica in favor of raising a man named Suniefred to the throne. The rebels controlled Toledo for a time, because they were able to mint coins in the potential usurper's name.[2] The plan to assassinate Ergica, the dowager queen Liuvigoto, and several main counsellors failed, and Sisebert was defrocked, excommunicated and his descendants were barred from holding office. The other rebels and their descendants were sold into slavery. "
"Death and Succession
As early as 694 he co-ruled with Wittiza, his son by Cixilo, even though Wittiza was a minor. In one of his very last acts he had Wittiza anointed in 700. Ergica died in his bed, with his succession secured, sometime between 701 and 703.
His other two sons, were Don Oppas, and Sisebuto. Don Oppas, who was possibly a bastard son, was Archbishop or Bishop of Seville and joined Musa bin Nusair and Tariq ibn Ziyad against Roderic during the Umayyad conquest of Hispania. Sisebuto became the Comes of the Christians of Coimbra, as did his son Ataulfo, his grandson Atanarico and his great-grandson Teudo in 770, 801/802 and 805."
"Sources
~ Collins, Roger. The Arab Conquest of Spain, 710–97. Oxford University Press, 1989.
~ Collins, Roger. Visigothic Spain, 409–711. Blackwell Publishing, 2004.
~ Thompson, E. A.. The Goths in Spain. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1969.
~ Luíz Paulo Manuel de Menezes de Mello Vaz de São-Payo, A Herança Genética de Dom Afonso I Henriques (Portugal: Centro de Estudos de História da Família da Universidade Moderna do Porto, Porto, 2002) "
Page: This source provides data and activities for 'Egica (c.610 – 701or703) Visigoth King from 687 until his death'; also his father Ariberga and his brother in law Wamba; also his marriage in c.970 to Cixilo, daughter of his royal predecessor Erwig and wife Liuvigoto; also his sons Wittiza, Don Oppas, and Sisebuto; and the descendants of the latter, namely his son Ataulfo, his grandson Atanarico and his great-grandson Teudo in 770, 801/802 and 805.
- Title: Rootswweb: ROBERT LORD ANCESTORS
Publication: Name: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=rlord335&id=I10608;
- Title: Wikiwand: Wamba (King)
Publication: Name: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Wamba_(king);
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