Alfonso VI

British  

/ alˈfonso /

noun

1. died 1109, king of Léon (1065–1109) and of Castile (1072–1109). He appointed his vassal, the Spanish hero El Cid, ruler of Valencia

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Alfonso VI

The able but treacherous King Alfonso VI, jealous of his vassal's victories and virtues, banished him.

From Time Magazine Archive

When, three hundred years later, they surrendered their Tolaitola to Alfonso VI.

From The Cathedrals of Northern Spain by Charles Rudy

It was King Alfonso VI who at the end of the eleventh century gave his palace-ground for the erection of a Cathedral for the new Episcopal See.

From Cathedrals of Spain by John A.

When," he says, "Don Alfonso VI won Toledo, he had in continuous wars depopulated Segovia, Avila and Salamanca of their Moorish inhabitants.

From Cathedrals of Spain by John A.

We all came to the conquest of Toledo with the good King Alfonso VI.

From The Shadow of the Cathedral by Mrs. W. A. Gillespie

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