Flávio Teodosio

Flávio Teodósio
Count of Coimbra, Judge of the Christians
Other names	Flávio Thiodo, Flávio Teudo
Born	750
Died	810
Spouse(s)	Munia Sueira
Issue	Hermenegildo Ataulfo Teodorico Sancha
Father	Flávio Alarico
Mother	Flávia Teodia Atenerico

Flávio Teodósio, also known as Flávio Thiodo or Flávio Teudo (750–810) was a nobleman and Count of Coimbra.

Coimbra, an important strategic and cultural center, had fallen under Muslim control following the Umayyad invasion of the Iberian Peninsula in the early 8th century. 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).

The use of "count" in his title, a remnant of Visigothic nobility, reflects the continuation of older Roman and Gothic administrative traditions in the city. Besides the title of Count of Coimbra, Flávio Teodósio was also Judge of the Christians. The title judge in this context was not merely judicial, but often carried administrative, military, and political responsibilities.

These titles are mentioned in a donation that Flávio Teodósio himself made to Lorvão Abbey. In these documents he signed himself as "Tiudus Comes Christianorum in Combria et Julliano Judex Christianorum". The donation to the Abbey consisted of two estates in Almofall, in the person of Abbess Aydulfa.

Primary sources about Flávio Teodósio’s life are scarce, with much of the information derived from Chronica Gothorum, a Latin chronicle, and the works of medieval chroniclers like Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada.

Biography

He was the son of Flávio Alarico Count of Coimbra, and Flávia Teodia Atenerico. He married Munia Sueira from whom he had:

• Hermenegildo (775 - 841)
• Ataulfo (769 - 851)
• Teodorico (770 - 805)
• Sancha (775 - )