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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, king of Leon and Castile from 1126 to 1157, son of Raymond of Burgundy and the grandson of Alfonso VI, whose imperial title he assumed. Though his reign saw the apogee of the imperial idea in medieval Spain and though he won notable victories against the Moors, he remains a somewhat.
About Alfonso VII the Emperor, King of Castile and Leon Succession to three kingdoms. In 1111, Diego Gelmírez, Bishop of Compostela and the count of Traba, crowned Alfonso King... War against Al-Andalus. Alfonso was a pious prince. He introduced the Cistercians to Iberia by founding a monastery at ...
Alfonso VII 'The Emperor', of Castile and León. 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. [1] Alfonso became the King of Galicia in 1111. [1]
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Alfonso the Great (848-910), king of León, Galicia and Asturias The Kingdom of León [a] was an independent kingdom situated in the northwest region of the Iberian Peninsula. It was founded in 910 when the Christian princes of Asturias along the northern coast of the peninsula shifted their capital from Oviedo to the city of León.
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. In 1135 he had himself crowned emperor in León.
Spain - Castile, Aragon, Unification: Alfonso VII subverted the idea of a Leonese empire, and its implied aspiration to dominion over a unified peninsula, by the division of his kingdom between his sons: Sancho III (1157–58) received Castile and Ferdinand II (1157–88) received León.
Summary. The following pages will try to prove two basic points. The first of these is that the military operations which Alfonso VII of León-Castile (1126–57) undertook against the Muslims during the long decade between 1145 and 1157 were not random events.
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.