Flávio Alarico

Flávio Alarico, also known as Flávio Atanarico de Coimbra (c.715 - c.760) was a nobleman and 3rd Count of Coimbra.^[1][2][3][4] His title as Count of Coimbra positioned him as a significant figure in the region, as Coimbra became a key area in the Christian Reconquista and the eventual establishment of the Kingdom of Portugal.

Flávio Alarico
Count of Coimbra
Predecessor	Flávio Ataúlfo de Coimbra
Successor	Flávio Teodosio
Other names	Flávio Atanarico de Coimbra
Born	c.715
Died	c.760
Spouse(s)	Toda (or Teuda)
Issue	Flávio Teodosio
Father	Flávio Sisebuto de Coimbra
Mother	Andulfa (or Sindoinda)

Iberian Peninsula in 757

Coimbra, like many other cities in early Al-Andalus, had a significant Christian population (known as Mozarabs), who were allowed to maintain their faith in exchange for paying the jizya (a tax levied on non-Muslims).^[5][6] The use of "count" (comes) in his title, a remnant of Visigothic nobility, reflects the continuation of older Roman and Gothic administrative traditions in the city.

Biography

Flávio was the son of Flávio Sisebuto de Coimbra (Judge of Coimbra).^[1] He married Toda (or Teuda) and they had a son: Flávio Teodósio (c.740 - 805).^[1][7]