Editing Roderic (section)

{{Short description|8th-century king of the Visigoths}}
{{for|the given name|Roderick}}
{{Infobox royalty
| name               = Roderic
| image              = File:Amra5.jpg
| image_size         = 
| caption            = Roderic depicted as one of the "[[Painting of the Six Kings|six kings]]" in an [[Umayyad]] fresco in [[Qasr Amra]], modern-day Jordan, from between 710 and 750.<ref name=metmuseum>{{cite web|url=http://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2012/byzantium-and-islam/blog/where-in-the-world/posts/qusayr-amra|title=Qusayr 'Amra|last=Williams|first=Betsy|work=[[The Metropolitan Museum of Art]]|date=2012-04-12}}</ref> Roderic is the second figure, his face completely lost, with only the tip of his helmet and his robes being visible.<ref>Drayson, "Ways of Seeing".</ref>
| succession         = [[Visigothic Kingdom#List of kings|King of the Visigoths]]
| reign              = 710 – July 711
| predecessor        = [[Wittiza]]
| successor          = [[Achila II]]
| birth_date         = 
| birth_place        = 
| death_date         = July 711
| death_place        = [[Visigothic Kingdom]]
| spouse             = [[Egilona]]
}}

'''Roderic''' (also spelled '''Ruderic''', '''Roderik''', '''Roderich''', or '''Roderick''';<ref>His name is of [[Gothic language|Gothic]] origin. Its [[Germanic language|Germanic root]] is [[Roderick (name)|Hrōþirīk(i)az]].</ref> [[Spanish language|Spanish]] and {{langx|pt|Rodrigo}}, {{langx|ar|translit=Ludharīq|لذريق}}; died 711) was the [[Visigoths|Visigothic]] king in [[Hispania]] between 710 and 711. He is well known as "the last king of the Goths". He is actually an extremely obscure figure about whom little can be said with certainty. He was the last Goth to rule from [[Toledo, Spain|Toledo]], but not the last Gothic king, a distinction which belongs to [[Ardo]].

Roderic's election as king was disputed and he ruled only a part of Hispania with an opponent, [[Achila II|Achila]], ruling the rest. He faced a rebellion of the [[Basques]] and the [[Umayyad conquest of Hispania|Umayyad invasion]]. He was defeated and killed at the [[Battle of Guadalete]]. His widow [[Egilona]] is believed to have married [[Abd al-Aziz ibn Musa]], the first Muslim governor of Hispania.