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From: Don Stone< >
Subject: Re: From Banu Qasi to the kings of Denmark
Date: 11 Jul 1995 04:41:39 GMT


Gabriel Wallgren () wrote:
: ...
: we found a "new" line ... The suggested pedigree does not say that the danish
: kings decend from Muhammed, but from the (originally from the Basque country)
: arab family Banu Qasi.
: The qustionable generation is whether Oria (married to Fortun Garces, king
: of Pamplona) was daughter to Musa ibn-Musa or not.

: Questions:
: 1) Can somebody confirm that Oria was a daughter to Musa ibn-Musa?

I don't believe that the proposed Banu Qasi line through Oria,
daughter of Musa b. Musa can be sustained. According to Juste
(1980, p. 91), this Oria married Garcia, a Basque prince who died in 859
at the Battle of Clavijo. Fortun Garces, though his wife's name was
Oria, lived considerably beyond 859; he was king of Pamplona until
905, when he was deposed. Furthermore, Oria and Garcia had a son
named Musa (Juste, p. 91; this is the only child mentioned), while
the list of children of Fortun Garces given by Lacarra (1945, chart at
end of article) includes no Musa. [Incidentally, the Banu Qasi were
Muslim but not Arab.]
References:
Juste, Alberto Canada. 1980. "Los Banu Qasi (714-924)." Principe
de Viana, Nums. 158-159.
Lacarra, Jose M. 1945. "Textos navarros del Codice de Roda."
Estudios de Edad Media de la Corona de Aragon. Seccion de Zaragoza.
Vol. I.

-- Don Stone

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