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Name: Alfonso, X
Birth Date: November 23, 1221
Death Date: April 4, 1284
Place of Birth: Toledo, Spain
Place of Death: Seville, Spain
Nationality: Spanish
Gender: Male
Occupations: king

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Biography of Alfonso, X
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Alfonso X (1221-1284) was king of Castile and León from 1252 to 1284. Also known as Alfonso the Wise, he was one of the greatest royal patrons of learning of the Middle Ages. The eldest son of Ferdinand III and Beatrice of Swabia, Alfonso was...


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Alfonso X ( November 23 , 1221 – April 4 , 1284 ) was a Spanish monarch who ruled as the King of Galicia , Castile and León from 1252 until his death. He was elected Rex Romanorum in 1254. His nicknames were "el Sabio" ("the Wise", more accurately...


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Alfonso X of Castile Summary
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1221-1284 Spanish monarch who fostered learning in astronomy and other disciplines. Alfonso, nicknamed Sabio (the Learned), assumed the thrones of Castile, the leading state in Christian Spain, and León in 1252. He encouraged the preparation of a...
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Alfonso X (November 23, 1221, Toledo, Spain – April 4, 1284, Seville, Spain) was a Spanish monarch who ruled as the King of Galicia, Castile and León from 1252 until his death. He was elected Rex Romanorum in 1254. His nicknames were "el Sabio"...


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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 Virginia Quarterly Review
The Chronicle of Alfonso X
01/01/2003: 226 words, approx. 1 pages
The Chronicle of Alfonso X, by Fernan Sanchez de Valldolid, translated by Shelby Thacker and Jose Escobar. The history of the reign of Alfonso X, king of Castile and Leon (1252-1284) was written by Fernan Sanchez de Valladolid, Chancellor of the Privy Seal...
 


 

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