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Alfonso X

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Alfonso X (Alfonso the Wise), 1221-84, Spanish king of Castile and León (1252-84); son and successor of Ferdinand III, whose conquests of the Moors he continued, notably by taking Cádiz (1262). His mother, Beatriz, was a daughter of the German king Philip of Swabia, and Alfonso's principal ambition was to become Holy Roman Emperor. In 1257 he was elected by a faction of German princes as antiking to Richard, earl of Cornwall, but because of papal opposition and Spanish antagonism, he did not go to Germany, and in 1275 he finally renounced his claim to the imperial throne. In his... Read more
Alfonso X
Alfonso X Alfonso X (1221-1284) was king of Castile and Le...contain the old king within Seville. There Alfonso X died, a tragic figure, cursing his son...Further Reading The definitive biography of Alfonso X is in Spanish. A concise historical study... Read more
Alfonso X
...the claim. His second son became his successor as Sancho IV . Alfonso's court was a center of culture, producing an influential law code, the Siete Partidas, and establishing the form of modern Castilian Spanish. Alfonso X Alfonso X Alfonso X Read more

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