Aureolus of Aragon
Aureolus († 809 ) was a Carolingian official in the Spanish Mark in the early 9th century. Its name suggests a Romanesque origin.
The Frankish imperial annals name Aureolus for the year 809 as a count in the "area between Spain and Gaul beyond the Pyrenees " with the jurisdiction over the cities of Huesca and Saragossa , which were however under Moorish control. It was probably used in or shortly after 806 in the area around Pamplona and Jaca ( Aragón ), when the inhabitants of Pamplona had successfully freed themselves from the Moorish occupation and placed themselves under the protection of the Frankish Empire . In any case, Aureolus had died in 809, which encouraged the Moorish wali of Saragossa, Amrus ibn Yusuf, to attack his territory.
According to Aureolus, Velasco Velásquez (Pamplona) and Aznar I. Galíndez (Aragón) are named as counts in his area.
Remarks
- ↑ Annales regni Francorum, ed. by Georg Heinrich Pertz in: Monumenta Germaniae Historica , SS rer. Germ. 6 (1895), p. 130 .
- ↑ Annales regni Francorum, ed. by Georg Heinrich Pertz in: Monumenta Germaniae Historica , SS rer. Germ. 6 (1895), p. 122 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Aureolus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Count in the Spanish march |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 8th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 809 |