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From: Nathaniel Lane Taylor < >
Subject: Re: Duke Andeca and (H)Eudon
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 1996 17:39:56 GMT


In article <4j6llp$ >, (Todd A.
Farmerie) wrote:

> In a previous article, (JOHN de CELIS) says:
>
> >I have Andeca as the father of Eudon (of Aquitania) d. 735.

> >Eudon was reported to be at the great battle of Turs in 730 with Carlos
> >Mattel, the grandfather of Charlomaine.
> >
> >In the book "Histor. en Dedic. de la muy Nobl. Prov." there are a number of
> >references to Eudon being the nephew of Pedro, Duke of Cantabria which would
> >make Andeca either the brother or brother-in-law of Pedro.
> >
>
> I do not recognize Andeca, but Eudo/Eudon, Duke of Aquitaine is a well
> known Frank. The connection to the family of Pedro of Cantabria is news to
> me, and likely an invention (as are french attempts to link him to the
> Merovingians).

Actually, the bogus Merovingian pedigree for duke Eudo of Aquitaine (in
the forged charter of Alao) isn't French--it is credited a Spaniard, Juan
Tomayo de Salazar, "one of the most intrepid forgers of the seventeenth
century" (Histoire generale de Languedoc, 2d ed., Toulouse, 1876, 2:203).
This was discussed briefly a few weeks ago here. The Spaniards were
seeking an illustrious parent lineage for the Aragonese comital dynasty,
and decided to one-up the Bourbons.

Nat Taylor

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