-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaida_of_Seville - Zaïda of Seville (1070 – 13 Sep 1107) was a refugee Muslim princess who was a mistress later queen of Alfonso VI of Castile.

She might have been identical with Alfonso's wife Isabel (Elisabeth), who bore him two daughters, and died in 1107

The name Zaïda is from the Arabic "Sayyida," the female form of Sayyid ("Master"). She is said to have been a descendant of the Prophet Muhammad, but at least one generation in the chain was a 16th century invention. Her tombstone, erected long after her death, says, "Aqui descansa la reina Isabel, mujer del rey Alfonso, hija de Aben-Abeth, rey de Sevilla; que antes se llamaba Zayda," which translates as "here lies Queen Elizabeth, wife of King Alfonso, daughter of Aben-abeth, king of Seville; previously called Zaïda."

Zaïda was a daughter-in-law (and probably also niece) of al-Mutamid, ruler of the taifa of Seville. Her first husband was her cousin Fath al-Ma'mum, the ruler of Córdoba and son of the Emir of Seville. He was killed in 1091 while trying to leave Córdoba, which was being beseiged by a group of radical Islamists led by Yusuf ibn Tasufin. Zaïda had been sent to the castle at Almodovar del Rio for safety, and thus escaped. After the death of her first husband, she took refuge with her uncle in Seville. The Almoravides invested Seville in June and took it in September. At some point in the year, perhaps when Alvar Fanez was in Andalusia vainly trying to relieve the city, Zaïda made her way as a refugee to the court of Alfonso VI. He was already mature (age 51), married to a queen who was ill, and was lacking a male heir. Zaïda became his concubine, converted to Christianity, and took the Christian name Isabel. She bore Alfonso his only surviving son Sancho. It is not clear whether Alfonso subsequently married her.

She might have been identical with Alfonso's wife Elisabeth, who bore him two daughters, and died in 1107. She died on 12 or 13 September in childbirth, but the year is not known. If she died during the birth of her son Sancho, then she died in 1093. Other dates proposed by scholars are 1099 and 1101.

Sources

• Charles C. Cawley, "Kings of Castile and Leon 1035-1217", at MedLands, accessed Aug. 16, 2017.
• Charles C. Cawley, "Taifa Kingdoms: Seville", at MedLands, accessed Aug. 16, 2017.

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• (2020) http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/CASTILE.htm#AlfonsoVIdied1109B :

m fifthly (Mar 1106) as her second husband, ZAÏDA, widow of ABU NASIR al Fatah al Ma'Mun Emir of Córdoba, daughter of --- (-13 Sep 1107, bur Royal Pantheon of San Isidor at León). The Chronicon Regum Legionensium names "Zaida, the daughter of King Abenabeth of Seville, who was baptised…Elisabeth" as the second of two concubines of King Alfonso, and their son "Sancho who died at the battle of Ucles"[516]. The Chronicon de Cardeña records that King Alfonso married “Mora, que decien la Cayda, sobrina de Abenafanle” who was mother of his son Sancho[517]. Her first marriage is confirmed by the Bayan al Mugrib of Ibn Idari which names "le fils d´Alphonse, Sancho, qu´il avait eu de l´épouse d´Al Mamun ibn Abbad" when recording the battle of Uclés[518]. Salazar y Acha attempts to explain these three apparently contradictory sources by suggesting that Zaida could have been the daughter of "un hermano mayor…Ismail ibn Abbad" of Mohammed al-Mutamid, noting particularly the practice of endogamous marriages in the Muslim dynasties[519]. As noted above, Ismail is recorded as the brother of al-Mutatid and so would have been the paternal uncle of al-Mutamid. From a chronological point of view therefore Salazar y Acha´s suggestion appears untenible, although Zaida could have been another relative, maybe the daughter of an otherwise unrecorded brother of al-Mutamid. Alberto Montaner Frutos also discusses Zaïda, in particular relating to legends which have developed in connection with her history[520]. Reilly[521] dates the start of her relationship with King Alfonso to late 1091 or 1092, suggesting its diplomatic importance would have been greatest after the fall of Córdoba in Mar 1091 but before the fall of Badajoz in early 1094. This seems supported by the likelihood that their son Sancho was at least 15 years old when he was killed at the battle of Uclés in May 1108. Zaïda was christened ISABEL[522], date not known. Reilly cites a document of Galician origin dated 27 Mar 1106 which indicates that King Alfonso had married "Helisabet" shortly before[523]. Reilly[524] quotes a charter granted at Oviedo 19 Mar 1106 which lists members of the royal family, naming "Elisabeth" directly before "Sancho", which presumably refer to Zaïda and her son. "…Helisabet Regina, Reimundus comes, Urraca regis filia, Sancius filius regis…" subscribed the charter dated 14 May 1107 under which "Adefonsus…Toletani imperii rex…cum…uxore mea Helisabet regina" approved the mint of Santiago de Compostela[525]. Reilly assumes that the reference is to King Alfonso´s presumed fourth wife Isabel (Elizabeth)[526], but it appears more likely that the document refers to Zaïda. Reilly says that her sepulchral inscription (presumably now lost) reportedly stated that she had died in childbirth on 13 Sep, without giving the year, and in a later passage that the inscription stated that this was the "second ferial day", which he interprets as meaning a Monday or Thursday[527]. If the charters dated 1106 and 1107 correctly refer to Zaida, the year must have been 1107 assuming that King Alfonso married his sixth wife in 1108. Pérez´s history of Sahagún monastery, published in 1782, states that Queen Isabel was buried "en la Capilla mayor" of the monastery, but does not quote the inscription which confirms this statement[528].

King Alfonso VI & his fifth wife had three children (born before the marriage of their parents):

• 2. Infante don SANCHO de Castilla y León (Sep 1093[556]-killed in battle Uclés 29 May 1108). ...
• 3. Infanta doña SANCHA de Castilla y León ([1100/16 Mar 1104]-after 10 May 1125). ...
• 4. Infanta doña ELVIRA de Castilla y León ([1100/16 Mar 1104]-8 Feb 1135). ... ...

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• https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaida#Primeros_a%C3%B1os

Zaida nació en al-Ándalus, y su nacimiento debió de producirse entre 1063 y 1071. El Cronicón de Cardeña dice que era "sobrina d'Auenalfage", personaje al que Menéndez Pidal, en La España del Cid, identifica con Alháyib, rey de Lérida y Denia (1081-1090).1

• https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaida_di_Siviglia

..molto probabilmente figlia dell'emiro di Denia [2]

• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Unknown-439813

Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown] [siblings unknown]

Zaida's first marriage is confirmed by the Bayan al Mugrib of Ibn Idari which names "le fils d´Alphonse, Sancho, qu´il avait eu de l´épouse d´Al Mamun ibn Abbad" when recording the battle of Uclés. Salazar y Acha attempts to explain these three apparently contradictory sources by suggesting that Zaida could have been the daughter of "un hermano mayor…Ismail ibn Abbad" of Mohammed al-Mutamid, noting particularly the practice of endogamous marriages in the Muslim dynasties. As noted above, Ismail is recorded as the brother of al-Mutatid and so would have been the paternal uncle of al-Mutamid. From a chronological point of view therefore Salazar y Acha´s suggestion appears untenible, although Zaida could have been another relative, maybe the daughter of an otherwise unrecorded brother of al-Mutamid

• /!\ https://gw.geneanet.org/foullon?lang=en&pz=matheline+marie+herminia... /!\

Zaida - birth mother is Ne, Ne father is Mujahid ibn Yusuf. Zaida is daughter of Al-Mu'Tamid & Ne Apparently, same father but different mother. Learning from the resource i provide above. This clarifies that Zaida is decentant of prophet Muhammad pbuh. Been researching regarding Zaida for 3 years give take. To find reliable information.

{Kind USER عبد الرحمن محمد سيد an unsourced Geneanet DIY is not a reliable information}

Humanity doesn't realize: Zaida had 4 pregnancy. 3 children. 1 miscarriage, which complicated her death.

(Where is the proof? Here is examples: my 2nd great grandmother born 1880 died 1910 due to her pregnancy complications. Her sister died at 18 of same issues. In USA.
My ex-wife from Indonesia; her first pregnancy. Had miscarriage 2010, she had massive bleeding lost. Needed surgery. Unfortunately, turned to cancer needed treatment. My sister, has miscarriage; I not know all details.)

I'm related to Elvira and Sancha a minimum of 5 times.
So little is accepted in respect to Zaida. Due to insecurity of other Muslims and the western world. Yet Muslims in Middle East, Asia, and Africa are fleeing to Europe and USA, why? When Islam is of peace. For those regions don't comprehend peace.

(Iran vs Iraq war. Iraq vs Kuwait war. Muslims in Spain vs Morocco. Egypt vs Israel Afghanistan vs USA: 9/11, etc.)

(Muslims recognize the Quran to be true. Do Muslims recognize the Torah to be true? The Quran recognizes it to be true. So Israel is true. Why are various Muslim countries attacking Israel? Syria, Jordan, Egypt, false: Palestine. Why false? Because the Quran recognizes the Torah: which Torah recognizes Israel.)

by USER  عبد الرحمن محمد سيد 

She is said by Iberian Muslim sources to have been the daughter of Al Mutamid, the Muslim King of Seville. She was the mother of Alfonso VI of Castile's only son, Sancho, who, though illegitimate, was named his father's heir (but was killed in the Battle of Ucles of 1108, during his father's lifetime).

Zaida converted from Christianity to Islam. She was not the wife and then widow of the son of Al Mutamid, as few said, but was the daughter of Al Mutamid, some said that the motive for which was removed Al Mutamid from teh Al Moravid was that the Scholar of Islam, Al Tartushi issued a fatwa, (Islamic opinion) to remove Al Mutamid for the marriage of the daughter with a Christian.

She's buried in Sahagun under the inscription "H.R. Regina Elisabeth, uxor regis Adefonsi, filia Benabet Regis Sevillae, quae prius Zayda, fuit vocata" (cited by Marin Guzman) In Spanish: "Aqui descansa la reina Isabel, mujer del rey Alfonso, hija de Aben-Abeth, rey de Sevilla; que antes se llamaba Zayda". In English: "here lies Queen Elizabeth, wife of King Alfonso, daughter of Aben-abeth, king of Seville; previously called Zayda. Zayda was originally buried at the monastery in Sahagun but later moved to Leon where her sepulchre and inscription can be found.

The old iscription are already proof that Zayda was daughter of Al Mutamid, Muhammad bin Abbad Al-Mutamid, of the Bani Abbad.

Zaida/Isabel died in childbirth, but the date is unknown, and it is unclear whether the child being delivered was Sancho, Sancha (if she were indeed identical to Queen Isabel), or an additional child, otherwise unknown.

Sources in Morocco are convinced she was the daughter of the Emir. They claim that the Christians in Spain removed and altered records that indicated a Muslim ancestory for their Royal houses. The Emir was exiled in Morocco after being expelled from Spain, and it is claimed records from this time are still in Morocco.

The Spanish Reconquista was completed in 1492, with the final conquest of Granada by the armies of Ferdinand V. Ironically, Ferdinand (husband of Queen Isabella, who sent Christopher Columbus on his mission) was a descendant of Isabella of Denia, who had been born Zaida, daughter of Mu'tamid. When Seville was conquered by Alfonso VI, Zaida was forcibly converted to Catholicism and equally forcibly married to her city's conqueror. The great irony of this is that the Abbadids could claim direct descent from the Prophet Muhammad. Through this forced marriage, the bloodline of the Prophet entered the dynastic intermixture of European royalty and nobility, ensuring that most European nobles - and all the currently ruling monarchs of Europe, are descendants of the Prophet Muhammad.

When Alfonso took Toledo, Spain in 1085, Abbad called in Yusuf ibn Tashfin , the Almoravides ruler. During the six years which preceded his deposition in 1091, Abbad behaved with valour on the field, but with much meanness and political folly. He endeavoured to curry favour with Yusuf by betraying the other Muslim princes to him, and intrigued to secure the alliance of Alfonso against the Almoravides. Probably during this period his beautiful daughter Zaida married the Christian king, who made her his concubine — some authorities suggest he married her after she bore him a son, Sancho. The vacillations and submissions of Abbad did not save him from the fate which overtook his fellow-princes. Their scepticism and extortion had tired their subjects, and the mullah s gave Yusuf a fatwa authorizing him to remove them in the interest of religion. In 1091 the Almoravides stormed Seville. Muhammad, who had fought bravely, weakly ordered his sons to surrender the fortresses they still held, in order to save his own life. He died in prison in Africa in 1095.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaida_of_Seville

A line of descent from Muhammad, through Zaida, to the royal houses of Europe:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_to_Edward_III

Within months, by May 1100, Alfonso again remarried, to Isabel, having by her two daughters, Sancha, (wife of Rodrigo González de Lara), and Elvira, (who married Roger II of Sicily). A non-contemporary tomb inscription says she was daughter of a "king Louis of France", but this is chronologically impossible. It has been speculated that she was of Burgundian origin, but others conclude that Alfonso married his former mistress, Zaida, who had been baptized as Isabel. (In a novel twist, Reilly suggested that there were two successive queens named Isabel: first the French (Burgundian) Isabel, mother of Sancha and Elvira, with Alfonso only later marrying his mistress Zaida (Isabel), after the death of or divorce from the first Isabel.) Alfonso was again widowed in mid-1107.

Name: Zaida Isabel Ximena

Sex: F

Birth: ABT 1068 in Denia, Alcante, Espania

Death: 12 SEP 1107

Father: Muhammed al-Mutamid Abu-I-Kasim b: 1040 in Of, Seville, Espania

Mother: Several

Marriage 1 King of Castile and Leon Alfonzo b: BEF JUN 1040 in Burgos, Castile, Espania

Children

Elvira Alfonez , Princess Castile and Leon b: ABT 1104

Zaida of Seville, was a refugee Muslim princess who was a mistress and then latter the wife of king Alfonso VI of Castile.[1]

A funerary marker once at Sahagun bore the inscription:

H.R. Regina Elisabeth, uxor regis Adefonsi, filia Benabet Regis Sevillae, quae prius Zayda, fuit vocata

   ("Queen Isabel, wife of King Alfonso, daughter of Aben-abeth, king of Seville; previously called Zayda.") 

SEE ALSO

Burke's Peerage:

   ‘United Press International

   October 10, 1986

   MOSLEMS IN BUCKINGHAM PALACE

Mixed in with Queen Elizabeth’s blue blood is the blood of the Moslem prophet Muhammad, according to Burke’s Peerage, the genealogical guide to royalty.
The relation came out when Harold B. Brooks-Baker, publishing director of Burke’s, wrote Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to ask for better security for the royal family. ”The royal family’s direct descent from the prophet Muhammad cannot be relied upon to protect the royal family forever from Moslem terrorists,” he said.

Probably realizing the connection would be a surprise to many, he added, ”It is little known by the British people that the blood of Muhammad flows in the veins of the queen. However, all Moslem religious leaders are proud of this fact.”

   Brooks-Baker said the 

British royal family is descended from Muhammad

through the '''

Arab kings of Seville

, who once ruled Spain. By marriage, their blood passed to the

European kings of Portugal and Castille

, and through them

to England’s 15th century King Edward IV.

‘''' 

Father: al-Mu'tamid, Abul-Kasim Muhammad be Abbad, Emir of Seville Mother: , I'tamid, Former Slave Married to , Al Ma'mun of Seville, Prince of Seville

Zaida (Isabella) Married 1092 to Alfonso Ferdinandez VI, King of León & Castile

• Child 1: Sancha de Castile b. 1093,
• Child 2: Sancho de Castile b. 1098,
• Child 3: Elvira b. 1100

daughter of: () Abul-Kasim Muhammad al-Mu'tamid, Emir of Seville born est c.1045 Acceded: 1068 - Died: 1095, Aghmat, Morocco & I'tamid, Former Slave
Notes: al-Mu'tamid was a great and tragic figure. He was an excellent poet of love and a good statesman whom destiny had chosen to taste both the gaiety and bitterness and of life. He is famous for his love poetry to his wife, a former slave girl whom he showered with love and precious gifts.

• Child 1: , Al Ma'mun of Seville, Prince of Seville

Child 2: , Zaida (Isabella)

son of:
()Abu Amr Abbad ben Muhammad al-Mu'tadid, Chamberlain of Seville

son of: () Abu Amr Abbad ben Muhammad al-Mu'tadid, Chamberlain of Seville - Acceded: 1042 - Died: 1068

son of: () Kadi Abul-Kasim Muhammad I, Chamberlain of Seville - Acceded: 1023 - Died: 1042

son of: () Ismail, Iman of Seville (Judge/Iman of Seville)

son of: () Qarais

son of: () Abbad

son of: () Amr

son of: () Aslan

son of: () Amr

son of: () Itaf - Acceded: 741, Spain

son of: () Na'im al-Lakhmi

son of: () Na'im al-Lakhmi

son of: Abu Fârisi & () Zohra (mar the "Lakhm")

daughter of: () Husain

son of: () 'al-Hasan - Died: 670 & Zhâdah Kândâria Notes: He is said to have had 90 wives. Died: 670 - Poisoned by Zhâdah at the instigation of the Caliph Mu'uwiya. Child 1: , Abdallah, Child 2: , Qasim, Child 3: , Hasan, Child 4: , Zaid, Child 5: , Umar, Child 6: , Abdallah, Child 7: , Abderrahman, Child 8: , Ahmed, Child 9: , Ismail, Child 10: , Husain, Child 11: , Raquiya

son of:

'Caliph Ali ben Abu Talib

& () Fatimah (the "Fatimids")

Child 1 ==: al-Hasan,==

Child 2: al-Husain,

Child 3: Mohsin,

Child 4: Umn al-Kultum,

Child 5: Umm al-Kulthum,

Child 6: Raquia,

Child 7: Zaynab Kobra,

Child 8: Khadija

Isabel (Elisabeth), wife of Alfonso VI. She was the mother of Sancho 1093, Elvira 1100 and Sancha 1104. Her 4th pregnancy September 1107 caused complications which killed her and the child. Same like Fatima ibn Muhammad.

Her burial plaque being named "Isabel" originally Zaida, erected long after her death, others have called her daughter of Louis of France, which is chronologically impossible. As there is proof of Sancho, Elvira marriage to king Roger ii of Sicily, and Sancha's downline which leads to England, Scotland, & USA. Furthermore, Elvira marriage to king Roger ii was political motivated as Muslim growth in area of Sicily (Italy) and which counts Roger II loved his wife.

Zaïda.

Sources

• Charles C. Cawley, "Kings of Castile and Leon 1035-1217", at MedLands, accessed Aug. 16, 2017.

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• (2020) http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/CASTILE.htm#AlfonsoVIdied1109B

[ m fourthly ([Burgos] 1100 before 14 May) ISABEL [Elisabeth], daughter of --- (-before Mar 1106, bur Royal Pantheon of San Isidor de León). The Chronicon Regum Legionensium names "Elizabeth" as the fourth of the "five legitimate wives" of King Alfonso, stating that she was the mother of "Sancha the wife of Count Rodrigo and Elvira who married Duke Roger of Sicily"[508]. According to Reilly, her first documentary mention is dated 14 May 1100, but he does not cite the reference [509]. "Adefonsus…totius Hispanie imperator" donated property to the monastery of San Salvador de Oña with the consent of "uxoris mee Helisabeth regine" by charter dated 12 Dec 1075[510], although this date is clearly incorrect. "Aldefonsus rex Yspaniarum…cum…coniuge mee Helisabeth regine" donated property to the monastery of San Salvador de Oña by charter dated 1086[511], also clearly misdated. "Adefonsus Rex Imperator Ispanie et Regina Elisabeth" protected the grazing rights of Valladolid Santa María by charter dated 1100[512]. "Adefonsus totius Ispanie imperator" donated property to the monastery of San Salvador de Oña with the consent of "uxoris mee Helisabet regine" by charter dated 23 Mar 1103[513]. Her origin is not known. Reilly assumes a French origin, speculating that she belonged to a younger branch of the house of Burgundy, but quotes no documentary evidence for this or any other French origin[514]. It used to be widely accepted that she was the daughter of Louis VI King of France, based on a funerary inscription, but this is chronologically impossible. Her existence is questionable and it is possible that she was in fact the same person as Isabel née Zaïda, shown below as King Alfonso's fifth wife. The question of the separate existence of King Alfonso VI's fourth wife would be resolved if we knew there had been two different memorials to "Queen Elisabeth" in the Royal Pantheon, but it appears that a record of these memorials no longer exists. According to Reilly, she is last named in a charter dated 14 May 1107[515], but it is more likely that this document refers to Queen Isabel/Elisabeth née Zaïda (see below).]