Kenza al-Awrabiya (enArabic:كنزة الأوربية) surnamedKenza al Mardhia[1] was aBerber lady in the 8th century,[2] as the daughter of Isaac ben Mohammed ben Hammid.[2]
She marriedIdris I.[2] And by this matrimonial alliance, she enabled him to exercise power over the territory of theAwraba,[3] her tribe. She was the mother of his posthumous sonIdris II.[3]
Alongside the regent of the kingdom Rachid,[4] she exercised a leading political role[5] during the minority of her son.[5] Throughout her life, Kenza maintained her status of matriarch in accordance with Berber customs,[3] as such she arbitrated the smooth running of the division of the kingdom between her grandsons.[6]
