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( - 5 Oct 873)
Rodrigo was the first count of Castile, governing from about 862 to his death. He was created governor of the eastern march (marca oriental) of the realm, the territory called Al-Qila by the Arabs, which later became the county of Castile, by Ordoño, possibly upon the latter's assumption of the crown. He took part in Ordoño's Repoblación, repopulating Amaya in 860. Amaya was known as the "patrician city" because at one time it had been the capital of eight of the provinces of the Visigothic Kingdom of Toledo which had been conquered in 711-712 by Tariq ibn Ziyad: In era DCCCLCLVIII populavit Rudericus comes Amaya et fregit Talamanca and built a wall with towers around the city. He was at the side of the king in many battles of the Reconquista, including the siege and sack of Albelda in 859.
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