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Name: Alfonso, VI
Birth Date: 1040
Death Date: June 30, 1109
Place of Birth: Spain
Place of Death: Toledo, Spain
Nationality: Spanish
Gender: Male
Occupations: king

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Biography of Alfonso, VI
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Alfonso VI (1040-1109) became king of León in 1065 and of Castile in 1072. A fighting king of the Spanish Reconquest, he later feuded with the Cid and could not cope with the invading Almoravids. Alfonso was the second and favorite son of...


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Alfonso VI of Castile Information
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Alfonso VI (before June 1040 – July 1, 1109), nicknamed the Brave, was King of León from 1065 to 1109 and King of Castile from 1072 following his brother's death. As he was the first Alfonso to be King of Castile, he is sometimes referred to as...


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History Today
The mechanics of monarchy: knighting Castile's king, 1332. (Alfonso XI)
03/01/1993: 4,773 words, approx. 16 pages
Kings knight knights, but who knights kings? Peter Linehan looks at how Alfonso XI got round the problem and in the process strengthened his hold on his kingdom. At the Cortes of Valladolid in August 1325, the fifteen-year-old Alfonso XI of Castile...
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The Catholic Historical Review
The Latin Chronicle of the Kings of Castile
07/01/2003: 584 words, approx. 2 pages
The Latin Chronicle of the Kings of Castile. Translated with an introduction and notes by Joseph F. O'Callaghan. [Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies, Volume 236. ] (Tempe: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Arizona State University. 2002. Pp. xlii, 150. $24.00.) ...
 


 

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