♀ Rotrude of Trier

690 - 724

 

Duchess of Austrasia

Rotrude of Trier
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Parents
Saint Leudwinus
Saint Leudwinus
0660 - 0722
Spouse
Charles Martel
Charles Martel
0688 - 0741
Children
Pepin The Short
Pepin The Short
0714 - 0768
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690

690 • The approximate date of the earliest known blindfold chess, played by Sa'id ibn Jubayr
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714


Age: 24y
714 Umayyad conquest of Hispania: Continuing campaigns of Muslim domination of the Iberian Peninsula. Arab forces raid the valley of the Ebro River and capture the fortress city of Zaragoza. Musa ibn Nusayr, is made protector (wali) of Al-Andalus with his capital at Seville (approximate date).

724


Age: 34y
724 Muslim fleet raids the Byzantine-ruled Balearic Islands, as well as Byzantine Sardinia and Lombard Corsica

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