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Alfonso VII

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Alfonso VII (Alfonso the Emperor), 1104-57, Spanish king of Castile and León (1126-57), son and successor of Urraca . He recovered the places in Castile that his stepfather, Alfonso I of Aragón, had occupied and soon gained supremacy over the other Christian states in Spain. In 1135 he had himself crowned emperor in León. His many victories over the Moors had no permanent results; his most famous conquests, Córdoba (1146) and Almería (1147), were soon lost again. Alfonso left Castile to his son Sancho III (reigned 1157-58) and León to his son Ferdinand... Read more

Alfonso I
...and enlarged his realm at the expense of the Moslems. Alfonso Henriques was born at Guimar ã es in the castle...of Portugal. His ambitious mother, Teresa, daughter of Alfonso VI of Le ó n and Castile, ruled the county as regent after Henry died in 1112. When Alfonso rebelled against his mother ... Read more

Alfonso I
(Alfonso the Battler) , d. 1134, king of Aragón and Navarre...encouraged Christians in Muslim lands to settle in his domain. Alfonso was killed in battle against his stepson, Alfonso VII of Castile, and was succeeded by his brother Ramiro II... Read more

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