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Also Known As Alfonso el Sabio • Alfonso the Wise • Alfonso the Learned • Alphonso X
Born November 23, 1221 • Burgos • Castile
Died April 4, 1284 (aged 62) • Sevilla • Spain
Title / Office king (1252-1284), Castile
Notable Family Members father Ferdinand III • son Sancho IV

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Isabella I
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Cid, the
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Philip I
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Urraca
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Henry III
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Henry IV
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John I
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Ferdinand I
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Henry II
king of Castile
Alfonso VIII
Alfonso VIII
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Henry I
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Frederick II
Frederick II
Holy Roman emperor
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Alfred
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Stefan Dušan
emperor of Serbia
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
Casimir III
Casimir III
king of Poland
Alfonso VI
Alfonso VI
king of Leon and Castile
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