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Todros ben-Judah
1247–after 1295Financier and poetEurope · 1247Most named place: Spain (approximate)
Todros ben-Judah was a wealthy financier and poet from Toledo who was active in court circles of Alfonso X of Castile and, later, of Sancho IV.
At Alfonso's court, he was recognized for his financial wizardry, and became a leading financial adviser to Sancho IV. In 1280 he was among the wealthy Jewish tax-farmers who were arrested and released on the appeal of Todros-ben Joseph.
Known for his liaisons with Christian and Muslim women, he recounted his adventures in Hebrew poems causing shock among his rabbinical kinsmen. However, his intellectual legacy witnesses the untight approach to morality of some of the wealthy Jews in 13th century Spain.