Zaida (d. 1107)

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Zaida (d. 1107)

Moorish mistress of Alphonso VI. Name variations: Isabella. Died in 1107; daughter of Abul-Kasim Muhammad be Abbad, emir of Seville, and Itamid (a former slave); married Al Ma'mun, prince of Seville; mistress of Alphonso VI (c. 1030–1109), king of Leon (r. 1065–1070, 1072–1109) and Castile (r. 1072–1109); children: (with Alphonso VI) illegitimate son Sancho (b. around 1093); Sancha of Castile (who married Rodrigo "El Franco," count of Liebana); Elvira (d. 1135, who married Robert II the Great, king of Sicily).

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