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Raquel, active 12th century

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Personal name headingRaquel, active 12th century
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Variant(s)Fermosa, active 12th century
Jewess of Toledo
Raquel, fl. 12th cent.
Beginning date11
Found inMartín Largo, José Ramón. La judía de Toledo, 2000?: p. 4 of cover (Raquel; Jewish woman from Toledo who was a mistress of King Alfonso VIII of Castille; murdered by noblemen)
The Oxford companion to Spanish literature, c1978: (Raquel; Jewish native of Toledo, Spain; mistress to King Alfonso VIII (1158-1214))
Encyclopedia Judaica, 2007: (Jewess of Toledo; Alfonso falls in love with Fermosa, a beautiful Jewish girl of Toledo ... Raquel, as the Jewess is now called, sincerely loves the king.)