Abu al-As ibn Umayya

Abū al-ʿĀṣ ibn Umayya (أبو العاص بن أمية) was a son of the eponymous progenitor of the Umayyad clan, Umayya ibn Abd Shams.

His sons were the following:


 * Affan, father of Caliph Uthman.
 * Al-Hakam, the father of the Umayyad caliph Marwan I.
 * Al-Mughira, maternal great-grandfather of the Umayyad caliph Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan.

He also had daughters:
 * Safiyya, who married Abu Sufyan. Their daughter Ramla was a wife of Muhammad.
 * Arwa, who married Amr ibn Hisham. Their daughter Asma was the fourth wife of Caliph Uthman.