Roderic (Roderick; Roderik; Rodrigo in Spanish and Portuguese.See Rurik for etymology. Ludhriq "لذريق" in Arabic), was king of the Visigoths from 709 to 711, and is sometimes referred to as the last of the Visigoth kings. He succeeded Wittiza to the throne in a period of civil war with his rival Agila, and ruled from Toledo.