Boabdil (died c. 1533) In Spanish history and legend, last Moorish king of Granada, subject of numerous Spanish ballads. Boabdil, also called El Chico (the young one), dethroned his father but was later forced to give up his throne and city to King Ferdinand of Spain. The Spanish ballad The Flight from Granada tells the legend of his escape. José Zorrilla y Moral’s literary ballad Boabdil tells the legend of the king’s love for a Christian lady to whom he would give all Granada, and Washington Irving’s The Conquest of Granada deals with Boabdil’s history and legend.
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Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend, Third Edition – Written by Anthony S. Mercatante & James R. Dow
– Copyright © 2009 by Anthony S. Mercatante
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