García II: Quick Facts

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Born	1042?
Died	March 22, 1090 • Spain
Title / Office	king (1065-1071), Galicia
Notable Family Members	father Ferdinand I • brother Alfonso VI • brother Sancho II

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Concha Espina de Serna

Spanish author

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Francisco Tárrega

Spanish musician

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Garci Ordóñez Rodríguez de Montalvo

Spanish writer

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Juan Bermúdez

Spanish navigator

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Celedonio Romero

Spanish-American musician and composer

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Fernando Rey

Spanish actor

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Miguel Induráin

Spanish cyclist

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Francisco Garcés

Spanish missionary

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Joaquín Álvarez Quintero

Spanish writer

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Serafín Álvarez Quintero

Spanish writer

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Alberto Churriguera

Spanish architect

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Joaquín Churriguera

Spanish architect

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José Benito Churriguera

Spanish architect

Engraving of Miguel de Cervantes, shown with a mustache and beard, wearing a ruffled collar and cloak, based on works by Gregorio Ferro and Fernando Selma.

Miguel de Cervantes

Spanish writer

Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso

Spanish artist

Diego Velázquez

Diego Velázquez

Spanish painter

Painting by Jakob Seisenegger showing Emperor Charles V in ornate Renaissance attire standing beside a large hunting dog, with a green curtain in the background.

Charles V

Holy Roman emperor

Statue of Averroës (Ibn Rushd)

Averroës

Muslim philosopher

Burial of the Count de Orgaz

El Greco

Greek artist

Calderón de la Barca, Pedro

Pedro Calderón de la Barca

Spanish author

Napoleon Bonaparte. Napoleon in Coronation Robes or Napoleon I Emperor of France, 1804 by Baron Francois Gerard or Baron Francois-Pascal-Simon Gerard, from the Musee National, Chateau de Versailles.

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