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Also Known As Alfonso el Magno • Alfonso the Great
Born c.838
Died 910? • Zamora • Spain
Title / Office king (866-910), Asturias
Role In Reconquista

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Alfonso I
Alfonso I
king of Asturias
Pelayo
Pelayo
king of Asturias
Alfonso II
Alfonso II
king of Asturias
Christopher Columbus
Isabella I
queen of Spain
Alfonso VI
Alfonso VI
king of Leon and Castile
Ramon Berenguer IV
prince of Aragon
Alfonso VII
Alfonso VII
king of Leon and Castile
Ramon Berenguer III
Ramon Berenguer III
count of Barcelona
Ferdinand III
Ferdinand III
king of Castile and Leon
Alfonso XI
Alfonso XI
king of Castile and Leon
Ferdinand II
king of Leon
Ramiro II
Ramiro II
king of Leon and Asturias
Cid, the
El Cid
Castilian military leader
Ferdinand and Isabella
Ferdinand II
king of Spain
James I
James I
king of Aragon
Alfonso I
Alfonso I
king of Aragon and Navarre
Afonso I
Afonso I
king of Portugal
Afonso III
Afonso III
king of Portugal
Afonso II
king of Portugal
Alfonso VIII
Alfonso VIII
king of Castile

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