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Alfonso VI
Alfonso VI 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.... Read more |
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Alexander VI
Alexander VI 1431?-1503, pope (1492-1503), a Spaniard (b. Játiva) named Rodrigo de Borja or, in Italian, Rodrigo Borgia; successor of Innocent VIII. He took Borja as his surname from his mother's brother Alfonso, who was Pope Calixtus III. Rodrigo became cardinal (1456), vice chancellor of... Read more |
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Logrono
Logroño , city (1990 pop. 121,911), capital of La Rioja prov., N Spain, in La Rioja, on the Ebro River. It is a farm-processing center noted for its Rioja wine; wood and metal products and textiles are also made there. The kings of Navarre and Castile fought over Logroño from the 10th... Read more |
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Segovia
Segovia city (1990 pop. 55,188), capital of Segovia prov., central Spain, in Castile-León, on the Eresma River. It stands on a rocky hill (3,297 ft/1,005 m high) crowned by the cathedral and the turreted alcazar (fortified palace). Under the Moors, it was a flourishing textile center but has... Read more |
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Almoravids
Almoravids , Berber Muslim dynasty that ruled Morocco and Muslim Spain in the 11th and 12th cent. The Almoravids may have originated in what is now Mauritania . The real founder was Abd Allah ibn Yasin, who by military force converted a number of Saharan tribes to his own reformed religion and then... Read more |
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Cid
Cid or Cid Campeador [Span.,=lord conqueror], d. 1099, Spanish soldier and national hero, whose real name was Rodrigo (or Ruy) Díaz de Vivar. Under Ferdinand I and Sancho II of Castile he distinguished himself while fighting against the Moors, but Alfonso VI distrusted him and banished... Read more |
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John IV (Portugal)
John IV 1604-56, king of Portugal (1640-56). He succeeded as duke of Braganza in 1630. Descended from Manuel I and in illegitimate line from John I, he had the strongest claim to the Portuguese throne when a revolution was planned to cast off the rule of Philip IV of Spain. In 1640 the revolution... Read more |
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Lucrezia Borgia
Lucrezia Borgia , 1480-1519, Italian noblewoman, famous figure of the Italian Renaissance; daughter of Pope Alexander VI . Her first marriage (1492) to Giovanni Sforza of Pesaro was annulled in 1497, and she was married to Alfonso of Aragón, illegitimate son of Alfonso II of Naples. Her... Read more |
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Braganza
Braganza , royal house that ruled Portugal from 1640 to 1910 and Brazil from 1822 to 1889. It took its name from the castle of Braganza or Bragança. The line was descended from Alfonso, the natural son of John I of Portugal, who became the duke of Braganza in 1442. Although Alfonso's... Read more |
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Borgia
Borgia , Span. Borja , Spanish-Italian noble family, originally from Aragón. When Alfonso de Borja, cardinal-archbishop of Valencia, was pope as Calixtus III (1455-58), several relatives followed him to Rome. His nephew Rodrigo became pope as Alexander VI , and Rodrigo's illegitimate... Read more |
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Almoravid
...in a religious revival. Abu Bakr founded Marrakesh as their capital in 1070; his brother Yusuf ibn Tashufin defeated Alfonso VI of Castile in 1086. Almoravid rule was ended by the rise of the Almohads. |
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Madrid
...Europe's highest capital city, at an altitude of 655m (2149ft). Founded as a Moorish fortress in the 10th century, Alfonso VI of Castile captured Madrid in 1083. In 1561, Philip II moved the capital from Valladolid to Madrid. The French occupied... |
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Borgia, Lucrezia
...1480–1519) Daughter of Pope Alexander VI and sister of Cesare Borgia. Her marriage...anticipated political advantages. Her marriage to Alfonso, nephew of Alfonso II of Naples, ended with Alfonso's murder (1500) by Cesare's henchman... |
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Portugal
...century ad. In 711, the Moors ejected the Visigoths. In 1139, Alfonso I defeated the Moors. Spain recognized Portuguese independence in...reformed Portugal's institutions and rebuilt Lisbon. John VI fled to Brazil during the Peninsular War (1808–14) and... |
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Alcalá de Henares
...The city was destroyed by the Moors in 1000 and rebuilt by them 38 years later. The town was wrested from them in 1088 by Alfonso VI (c.1040–1109), King of León (1065–70) and Castile‐León (1072–1109). |
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Almoravids
...was a rigorist revival movement in Sudan under ʿAbd Allāh ibn Yāsīn. Invited into Spain, the Almoravids defeated Alfonso VI at Sagrajas in 1086 (AH 479)—thereby initiating among Christians a determination to create a more united front... |
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El Cid (Campeador)
...Rodrigo Díaz de Bivar, a Castilian nobleman, who was exiled after the war between the brothers Sancho II of Castile and Alfonso VI of León, becoming a mercenary captain fighting mainly for the MOORS. He captured Valencia on his own behalf but was... |
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Madrid
...ruler of Muslim Spain (852–86), overlooking the small Manzanares River. It was captured from the Moors in 1083 by Alfonso VI the Brave (c.1040–1109), King of Castile and León (1072–1109). The court moved here from Valladolid... |
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Lucretia
...who had incestuous relations with her father, Pope Alexander VI, and her brother Cesare. Although these allegations cannot...disproved, history records her, after her marriage in 1501 to Alfonso d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, as being in reality a beautiful... |
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Portugal
...distinct identity until the papacy recognized the kingship of Alfonso I in 1179. In 1249 the Portuguese completed the reconquest of...During the NAPOLEONIC WARS the Prince Regent John ( King John VI from 1816), together with the Braganza royal family, fled... |
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The Kingdom of Leon-Castilla under King Alfonso VII, 1126-1157
...with the reigns of Affonso VI and his daughter Urt...reign of the grandson, Alfonso VII, and affords Bernard...summarize the reigns of Alfonso VI''s predecessors...succession, (3) explore Alfonso VII's relations with... |
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Alfonso de Palencia; Gesta Hispaniensia ex annalibus suorum dierum collecta....
Alfonso de Palencia; Gesta Hispaniensia...books 1-V; vol. II, books VI-X, ed. Brian Tate and Jeremy...lifetime, the greater part of Alfonso of Palencia's enormous Gesta...years before under the aegis of Alfonso X, a tradition which Palencia... |
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Alfonso Lopez Trujillo, 72; cardinal, vocal abortion foe
...County, NJ) 04-22-2008 Alfonso Lopez Trujillo, 72; cardinal...All Editions Biographical: ALFONSO LOPEZ TRUJILLOVATICAN CITY Cardinal Alfonso Lopez Trujillo, a Colombian...bishop in 1971 by Pope Paul VI.***Keywords: VATICAN... |
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Lee Blasts HUD Secty.; Alfonso Jackson's Remarks To Subcommittee Challenged
...Secretaryof Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Alfonso Jackson's statement, "I donot believe...Lee said, "why you're cutting Hope VI,Shelter Plus and all the other homeless...is cut by $128 million, and the Hope VI program isterminated.Afterwards, Congresswoman... |
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The early reconquest episcopate at Cuenca, 1177-1284
...Madrid. During the eleventh century King Alfonso VI had acquired control of the town through marriage...Queen Urraca (1109-1126) and her son King Alfonso VII (1126-1157).2 It fell to king Alfonso VIII (1168-1214) of Castile to secure... |
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The Latin Chronicle of the Kings of Castile
...pages. Treatment of the reigns of Alfonso VIII and Fernando III takes up some...pages); another of the reign of Alfonso VI, 1065-1109 (four pages); one...and yet one more of the reign of Alfonso VII, 1126-1157 (five pages... |
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Spanish literary sleuth sees a royal hand behind the mystery of epic poem on...
...work of Spanish literature. He argues that King Alfonso VII hired somebody to write the poem _ with convenient...instance, while El Cid fought tenaciously for Alfonso VII's grandfather, King Alfonso VI, he also fell out with him, was banished and... |
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The Medieval Spains.
...first, was systematically pursued by Alfonso VI whose assumption of the title of...the Spanish Christian kingdoms. Alfonso's conquest of Toledo altered the...peninsula. Although Reilly recognizes Alfonso's work in strengthening links with... |
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The Aristocracy in Twelfth-Century Leon and Castile.
...history of Leon and Castile between the accession of Alfonso VI in 1065 and the death of Alfonso VIII in 1214. The second considers the division...material varies from the eight lines salvageable for Alfonso Nunez to the forty-four lines available on Pedro... |
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Genealogists Discover Royal Roots for All
...to Isabel upon converting to Christianity and marrying Alfonso VI, king of Castile and Leon. Yet there is no good evidence demonstrating that Isabel, who bore one son by Alfonso VI, is the same person as Zaida. So the line between Muhammad... |
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