Aben Humeya

Abén Humeya (* 1520 in Válor, † 1569 in Láujar de Andarax ) was the last Moorish king in the Andalusian Alpujarras at the time of the Moorish rebellion of 1568th

Biography

Abén Humeya (Arabic محمد بن أمية Muhammad ibn Umayya, DMG Muḥammad b. Umayya ) came from a respected Muslim family that led back to the Umayyadendynastie of Córdoba and during the Reconquista was zwangskonvertiert to Christianity. Therefore, he wore the Christian birth name Fernando de Córdoba y Válor. 1568 he took over the leadership of the last Moorish rebellion in Alpujarragebiet and had himself crowned king in February in an olive grove in Cádiar. The following year he fell in Láujar de Andarax, east of Ugijar, victim to a conspiracy. His opponent John of Austria had on his body later lead to Guadix.