Aloandro Ben Bekar
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Aloandro Ben Bekar or Ben Bakr (also known as Aldroando Gil), was the Mozarab
(Iberian
Christian
living under Muslim
domination) Governor of Faro
, in Portugal
. He was the son of Bakr Ben Yahia
and grandson of Yahia Ben Bakr
, who is believed to be a descendant (possibly a grandson) of high royal official of Jewish aristocratic descent Yahia Ben Yahi III
.
Aloandro Ben Bekar was the father of Madragana
, mistress to king Afonso III of Portugal
, and ancestor of most of the royal houses of Europe.
Mozarab
The Mozarabs were Iberian Christians who lived under Arab Islamic rule in Al-Andalus. Their descendants remained unconverted to Islam, but did however adopt elements of Arabic language and culture...
(Iberian
Iberian Peninsula
The Iberian Peninsula , sometimes called Iberia, is located in the extreme southwest of Europe and includes the modern-day sovereign states of Spain, Portugal and Andorra, as well as the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar...
Christian
Christian
A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament...
living under Muslim
Muslim
A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...
domination) Governor of Faro
Faro, Portugal
Faro is the southernmost city in Portugal. It is located in the Faro Municipality in southern Portugal. The city proper has 41,934 inhabitants and the entire municipality has 58,305. It is the seat of the Faro District and capital of the Algarve region...
, in Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
. He was the son of Bakr Ben Yahia
Bakr Ben Yahia
Bakr Ben Yahia II was an important Mozarab figure in Medieval Portugal.Bakr Ben Yahia II was the son of Yahia Ben Bakr. Both father and son were Governors of the city of Faro in the 13th century and executed important construction there...
and grandson of Yahia Ben Bakr
Yahia Ben Bakr
Yahia Ben Bakr was an important Mozarab figure in Medieval Portugal.Yahia Ben Bakr was of Jewish descent, the son of a Bakr Ben Yahia and related to or a descendant of Yahia Ben Yahi III, a Sephardi Jew.Yahia Ben Bakr was succeeded in office by his son, Bakr Ben Yahia...
, who is believed to be a descendant (possibly a grandson) of high royal official of Jewish aristocratic descent Yahia Ben Yahi III
Yahia Ben Yahi III
Yahia Ben Yahi III, also known as Jahia Negro Ibn Ya'isch, was a Sephardi Jew born in Cordoba in 1115 to Yahia Ben Rabbi, also known as Yahya Ha-Nasi, Yahya Ibn Yaish or Don Yahia "El Negro", , the son of Yahia Ben Rabbi and said to be a direct descendent of the Exilarchs of Babylon.King Afonso I...
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Aloandro Ben Bekar was the father of Madragana
Madragana
Madragana Ben Aloandro, later Maior or Mór Afonso - was a famous Algarvian mistress to king Afonso III of Portugal, in the 13th century, when he ended the Reconquista in Portugal by taking Faro in 1249...
, mistress to king Afonso III of Portugal
Afonso III of Portugal
Afonso III , or Affonso , Alfonso or Alphonso or Alphonsus , the Bolognian , the fifth King of Portugal and the first to use the title King of Portugal and the Algarve, from 1249...
, and ancestor of most of the royal houses of Europe.