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Facts

Also Known As Alfonso el Emperador • Alfonso the Emperor
Born 1104?
Died August 1157 • Castile • Spain
Title / Office king (1126-1157), Castile • emperor (1126-1157), Castile
Notable Family Members mother Urraca • son Sancho III • son Ferdinand II
Role In Reconquista

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Christopher Columbus
Isabella I
queen of Spain
Alfonso VI
Alfonso VI
king of Leon and Castile
Ferdinand III
Ferdinand III
king of Castile and Leon
Alfonso XI
Alfonso XI
king of Castile and Leon
Cid, the
El Cid
Castilian military leader
Gilt and polychrome relief by Alonso de Mena showing Ferdinand II on the left and Isabella on the right, both with hands raised in prayer, framed by ornate gold trim.
Ferdinand II
king of Spain
Alfonso I
Alfonso I
king of Aragon and Navarre
Alfonso VIII
Alfonso VIII
king of Castile
Juan de Padilla, lithograph
Juan de Padilla
Spanish military leader
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Pedro González, cardinal de Mendoza
Spanish cardinal
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Ramon Berenguer IV
prince of Aragon
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Diego Gelmírez
Spanish archbishop
Ramon Berenguer III
Ramon Berenguer III
count of Barcelona
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Sancho IV
king of Castile and Leon
Alfonso III
Alfonso III
king of Asturias
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Ferdinand II
king of Leon
Ramiro II
Ramiro II
king of Leon and Asturias
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Sancho II
king of Castile
Alfonso I
Alfonso I
king of Asturias
Ferdinand IV
Ferdinand IV
king of Castile and Leon

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