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El Cid
The Cid, sculpture in Balboa Park, San Diego.
El Cid’s father was Diego Laínez, a member of the minor nobility (infanzones) of Castile. While his father belonged to the minor nobility, El Cid was also directly connected on his mother’s side to the great landed aristocracy.1