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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Example Sentences

Obviously destined for a European throne, she rejected princes and kings who proposed to her or were proposed for her�Charles II of England, Alfonso VI of Portugal, Philip IV of Spain.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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

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.

This boy was the grandson of Alfonso VI, "Emperor of Spain," who survived all his legitimate children except Urraca.

From Spanish Highways and Byways by Bates, Katharine Lee