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Alfonso II

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Alfonso II 1152-96, king of Aragón (1162-96) and, as Raymond Berengar V, count of Barcelona (1162-96); son and successor of Raymond Berengar IV of Barcelona and Petronilla of Aragón. He inherited Provence (1166), which he successfully defended against the counts of Toulouse, and Roussillon (1172). He conquered (1171) Teruel from the Moors and, after releasing himself from homage to Alfonso VIII of Castile, concluded with him the Treaty of Cazorla (1179), which reserved the reconquest of Valencia for Aragón. He was succeeded in Aragón by his eldest son, Peter II, and... Read more
Alfonso II
(Alfonso the Chaste), 759-842, Spanish king of Asturias (791-842), grandson of Alfonso I. He established his capital at Oviedo, which his father...support of the Frankish emperors Charlemagne and Louis I. Alfonso II built the first church on the site of Santiago de Compostela... Read more
Alfonso II
(Alfonso the Fat), 1185-1223, king of Portugal (1211-23), son and...sisters, to whom his father had left many of his estates. Alfonso's measures against the church holdings and the bishops led to his excommunication (1219). Though he was himself unwarlike, Alfonso's army took part in the major victory over ... Read more

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