Alfonso X
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Napoleon's soldiers had missed one tomb entirely; within it lay undisturbed the young Prince Fernando de la Cerda, eldest son of Alfonso X, who died in 1275.
From Time Magazine Archive
Even when Alfonso X in his legal code allowed that all suits arising from sins should go to ecclesiastical courts, the Cortes of Castile constantly protested.
From The Church and the Empire, Being an Outline of the History of the Church from A.D. 1003 to A.D. 1304 by Medley, D. J. (Dudley Julius)
Three hundred years later, Alfonso X of Castile was not only a distinguished linguist and poet, but the greatest astronomer and lawgiver of his age.
From Cathedrals of Spain by John A.
Alfonso X commissioned several Jews to co-operate with the royal secretaries in making new renderings of older Arabic works on astronomy.
From Chapters on Jewish Literature by Abrahams, Israel
Astronomers under the patronage of Alfonso X of Leon and Castile published in 1252 the Alfonsine Tables, which superseded the Toledan tables and were accepted everywhere throughout Europe.
From Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies by Todd, David Peck
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