Alfonso I
Americannoun
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“At the beginning, I told Alfonso I don’t know how to act,” Aparacio told me.
From New York Times ● Dec. 13, 2018
Bellini, the master of 15th century Venetian painting, was more than 80 when he delivered his Feast to the proud, warlike Duke Alfonso I d'Este of Ferrara and his wife, Lucrezia Borgia.
From Time Magazine Archive
Hero of the celebration was Alfonso I, who in 1139 defeated the Moors at Campo de Ourique, liberated his country and became its first king.
From Time Magazine Archive
All courts tend to be self-referential and mannered, and that of Alfonso I d'Este was no exception.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sancho, King of Portugal, who had striven to repudiate the former submission of Alfonso I, was in the end forced to accept the papal suzerainty.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 06 (From Barbarossa to Dante) by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne
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