Favila, duque de Cantabria

• Not the son of Theodofredo, of the Visigoths
• Seen as son of Duque de Cantabria Favila Balthes de los visigodos I & Ricilo
• Seen as husband of Luibigotana

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FAVILA I DUKE OF CANTABRIA

Favila(S.VII). The creation of the Duchy of Cantabria dates back to the year 684. Ervigio, the Visigoth king, knowing the bellicose nature of the Cantabrians, chose Favila, lord of Liébana and the territory that delimited the Sella and Deva rivers, father of Pelayo, the hero of the Reconquest, as Duke of Cantabria.

Favila was subsequently dismissed, banished and killed by King Egica, Ervigio's successor, possibly for some security issue, or for some revolt in Cantabrian territory encouraged or consented to by Favila himself.
However, legend tells us that he died from an attack by a bear on Monte de Calavera, municipality of Cosgaya (Cantabria), where according to legend Don Pelayo, hero of the reconquest and son of Favila, was born.

https://www.privilegiodevara.com/favila-primer-duque-cantabria/

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Origins

https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Favila_%28duque%29

The Goth origin of his son Pelayo is rejected by the Arab chronicler Ibn Khaldun refuting Ibn Hayyan.1 The Moors called Don Pelayo, "Belay al-Rumi": Pelayo the Roman; Pelagius is a Latin name, which means "marine". A For the sixth century the fusion between the Hispano-Romans and Visigoth while Pelayo was a name of "old Roman root"1 and is so mentioned by the Arab author of Aljab machmu'a who describes him as "Roman".3

Christian Settipani guesses - based on the onomastics, in the chronology, on biographical elements and on the testimony of the chronicles - that Favila descended (by manhood) from Leovigildo and Recaredo I (ex semine Leuvigildi et Reccaredi progenitus) and was the son of the Visigoth count Agil Modern historiography agrees that the ultimate cause of this phenomenon lies in what is called "neogoticism" that responded to a network of political interests and the strengthening of the personal prestige of Alfonso III.

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http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Favila_(duque)

Favila, duque, padre del rey Don Pelayo, que transformó en reino el anterior ducado visigodo.

Fuentes históricas [editar]

Según la copia de la crónica Albeldense (año 883) realizada en el siglo X en el monasterio de San Millán de la Cogolla que conserva la Real Academia de la Historia (Códice emilianense nº 39) Favila fue un Dux visigodo y el padre de Don Pelayo

Que Favila fuese duque y padre de Pelayo es un dato que recoge también otra de las crónicas del Reino de Asturias, la Crónica Sebastianense

La antigua historiografía atribuyó a Favila el Ducado de Cantabria basándose únicamente en cronicones castellanos, más de medio milenio posteriores a aquella época y contradictorios en muchos aspectos con las crónicas asturianas del siglo IX. Esta falta de justificación metodológica es puesta de relieve por Barrau-Dihigo

Sánchez-Albornoz admite que Pelayo era hijo de un duque, pero señala, ante la falta de información de la crónica Albeldense: ignoramos de dónde era duque Favila.[2]

Más modernamente[3] [4] [5] cobra fuerza la hipótesis de que Favila era, en realidad, duque de la Asturiensis, provincia mencionada en documentos del siglo VII como el Ordo querimonie o el Ravenate.

De esta forma se da una explicación completamente satisfactoria a la presencia de Pelayo entre los astures, entre los que estarían los clientes de su padre, que le darían protección durante el exilio de la corte de Witiza, exilio del que da noticia la Crónica Albeldense. También se comprende mejor, desde esta óptica, la tenencia de propiedades de Pelayo en Asturias, como consigna el testamento de Alfonso III de Asturias, permitiendo este nuevo enfoque una lectura integradora de las fuentes cristianas y musulmanas de los inicios de la reconquista.

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La antigua historiografía atribuyó a Favila el Ducado de Cantabria basándose únicamente en cronicones castellanos, más de medio milenio posteriores a aquella época y contradictorios en muchos aspectos con las crónicas asturianas del siglo IX. Esta falta de justificación metodológica es puesta de relieve por Barrau-Dihigo [Historia política del reino asturiano (718-910), Silverio Cañada, Gijón, 1989]:

"Pertenecía [Pelayo], si no a una familia real, sí al menos a una familia noble y, según la versión más fiable, había tenido por padre al duque Favila, a quien los historiadores han consagrado, sin razón alguna, como duque de Cantabria."

Sánchez-Albornoz admite que Pelayo era hijo de un duque, pero señala, ante la falta de información de la crónica Albeldense: ignoramos de dónde era duque Favila [El Reino de Asturias. Orígenes de la nación española, Biblioteca de la Historia, Editorial Sarpe, Madrid, 1985].

Más modernamente [Del Castillo Álvarez, Arcadio - Montenegro Valentín, Julia: "Don Pelayo y los orígenes de la Reconquista", en Revista Española de Historia, vol. 52, Nº 180, 1992, pp. 5-32. (ISSN 0018-2141); Menéndez Bueyes, Luis Ramón: Reflexiones críticas sobre el origen del reino de Asturias, Salamanca (España), 2001; Benito Ruano, E.: Historia de Asturias, vol IV, Salinas, 1979] cobra fuerza la hipótesis de que Favila era, en realidad, duque de la Asturiensis, provincia mencionada en documentos del siglo VII como el Ordo querimonie o el Ravenate.

De esta forma se da una explicación completamente satisfactoria a la presencia de Pelayo entre los astures, entre los que estarían los clientes de su padre, que le darían protección durante el exilio de la corte de Witiza, exilio del que da noticia la Crónica Albeldense. También se comprende mejor, desde esta óptica, la tenencia de propiedades de Pelayo en Asturias, como consigna el testamento de Alfonso III de Asturias, permitiendo este nuevo enfoque una lectura integradora de las fuentes cristianas y musulmanas de los inicios de la reconquista.

FUENTE:

-http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Favila_(duque)

-http://www.abcgenealogia.com/Asturias00.html

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Fáfila, duque de Cantabria

b. circa 660

Father Chindaswinth, King of the Visigoths1 b. circa 563, d. 1 October 653

Mother Rekiberga (?) b. circa 630

    Fáfila, duque de Cantabria was "hijo de Chindasvinto."2 He was born circa 660. He was the son of Chindaswinth, King of the Visigoths and Rekiberga (?).1

Family

Child

Pelayo Iº, rey de Asturias+ b. c 690, d. c 737

Citations

[S187] Royal Genealogy Database, online http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/

[S882] Armerías ilustres, online http://members.xoom.com/chema, Corona Astur-Leonesa.

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Según la copia de la crónica Albeldense (año 883) realizada en el siglo X en el monasterio de San Millán de la Cogolla que conserva la Real Academia de la Historia (Códice emilianense nº 39) Favila fue un Dux visigodo.
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Fávila (duke)
In Galipedia, the Wikipedia in Galician.

Not to be confused with Fávila.
Fávila
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VIxulian century birth
8th century Julian death
Visigothic Kingdom nationality
Aristocratic occupation
Father value unknown, Chindasvinto and Agila
Children Paio of Asturias
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Fávila, also called Fáfila, was a Duke (dux) and father of Don Paio.
Index

   1 Origins

   2 Historical sources

   3 Historiography on Fávila

   4 Notes

   5 Bibliography

===Origins===

The origin goda of its Paio son mentions the Arab cronista Ibn Khaldun mentioning Ibn Hayyan. As early as the eighth century the fusion between the Gallo-Romans and the Germans (Suevi and Visigoths) was a reality and "race ceased to be a relevant fact," so it is to be supposed that "most likely by its veins [the of Paio] blood of both towns runs ”. This possibility is reinforced by the origins of the names, Fávila or Fáfila of Germanic origin while Paio was a name of "old Roman roots" [1] and is mentioned by the Arab author of the Aljab machmu'a, who describes it as "Roman". [2]

Christian Settipani conjectures - based on onomastics, chronology, biographical elements and the testimony of the chronicles - that Fávila descended (by manhood) from Leovigildo and Recaredo I (ex semine Leuvigildi et Reccaredi progenitus) and was son of the count visigodo Axila and his wife Divigra and, therefore, paternal uncle and maternal cousin-uncle of Pedro de Cantabria. The chronicles declare that the Asturian kings are descendants of Leovigildo and Recaredo and try to create a false institutional continuity between the two political realities. Modern historiography agrees that the ultimate cause of this phenomenon lies in what is called "neo-Gothicism", which responded to a network of political interests and the strengthening of the personal prestige of Alfonso III. [A]

Historical sources

According to the copy of the Albeldense Chronicle (year 883) made in the ninth century in the monastery of San Millán de la Cogolla preserved by the Royal Academy of History (Emilian Codex No. 39), Fávila was a Visigothic duke and the father of Don Paio: [5]

  Vitiza reigned ten years. During the life of his father he lived in the city of Tui, in Galicia. There was also Duke Fávila, father of Paio, sent by king Exica. For a reason caused by his wife (or another woman), he stabbed him in the head with a cane (Vitiza a Fávila), which later led to his death. And when Vitiza occupied the Kingdom of its father, at that time Paio, son of Fávila, which later would revolt with the Asturians against the Saracens, was exiled of the regal city (Toledo).<br/>

That Fávila was Duke and father of Paio is a data that also picks up the Sebastian Chronicle:

 Pelagium filium quondam Faffilani ducis ex semine regio<br/>

This fact also coincides with that offered by an anonymous Muslim source of the ninth century, Fath al-Andalus:

In the days of this' Andasa a perfidious barbarian, called Belay [Paio] son ​​of Fávila, revolted in his land of Galicia, against the Arab owners of the borders of his country.<br/>

Historiography on Fávila

Ancient historiography attributed to Fávila the duchy of Cantabria based solely on Castilian chronicles, more than half a millennium after that time and contradictory in many respects with the Asturian chronicles of the ninth century. This lack of methodological justification is highlighted by Barrau-Dihigo [7] despite not being able to provide any other.

   He belonged [Paio], if not to a royal family, but at least to a noble family and, according to the most reliable version, he had as his father Duke Fávila, whom historians consecrated, without any reason, as Duke of Cantabria.

Claudio Sánchez-Albornoz admits that Paio was the son of a duke, but points out that, given the lack of information in the Albeldense Chronicle: "we do not know where Duke Fávila was from." [8] Gonzalo Martínez Díez agrees with Sánchez-Albornoz's opinion since no source mentions the duchy he ruled and, in fact, it is not clear that he came to be at the head of any duchy. He thinks that "it is most likely that he was one of several dukes integrated into the royal Curia or Palatium, who accompanied and advised the Visigoth king." [1]