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- The King died in Toledo on June 30, 1109, leaving his realm in the hands of his daughter, Urraca, and in a state of insecurity and vulnerability from which it was not to recover fully for another century.
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On 10 March 1126, after the death of his mother, he was crowned in León and immediately began the recovery of the Kingdom of Castile, which was then under the domination of Alfonso the Battler. By the Peace of Támara of 1127, the Battler recognised Alfonso VII of Castile.
- 1126 – 1157
- Urraca
- 1135 in the Cathedral of León
Alfonso VII (1 March 1105 – 21 August 1157), called the Emperor ( el Emperador ), became the King of Galicia in 1111 and King of León and Castile in 1126. Alfonso, born Alfonso Raimúndez, first used the title Emperor of All Spain, alongside his mother Urraca, once she vested him with the direct rule of Toledo in 1116.
Alfonso VII (1 March 1105 – 21 August 1157), born Alfonso Raimúndez, he was called the Emperor (el Emperador). He was given rule in Galacia alongside his mother Urraca of León in 1107. Alfonso became the King of Galicia in 1111. He became King of León and Castile in 1126 after his mother's death.
Alfonso became the King of Galicia in 1111. [1] He became King of León and Castile in 1126 after his mother's death. [1] Alfonso adopted the style of Emperor in his charters. [2] In 1135 in a ceremony at the court of Leon he was officially recognize as Emperor. [3]
According to legend, Alfonso VI was forced by El Cid to take an oath denying that he had been involved in his brother's death, thus giving rise to mutual distrust between the two men, despite Alfonso VI's efforts at rapprochement by offering his kinswoman Jimena Díaz to El Cid in marriage as well as the immunity of his patrimony. These events ...
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- Ferdinand I
- 1072–1109
- Sancho II
Alfonso VII (Alfonso the Emperor), 1104–57, Spanish king of Castile and León (1126–57), son and successor of Urraca. He recovered the places in Castile that his stepfather, Alfonso I of Aragón, had occupied and soon gained supremacy over the other Christian states in Spain.
Alfonso VI, known as Alfonso the Brave, (born before June 1040—died 1109, Toledo, Castile), King of León (1065–70) and of Castile and León (1072–1109). He inherited León from his father, Ferdinand I, and warred with his envious brother Sancho II.
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