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Born 1137
Died August 22, 1188 (aged 51) • Spain
Title / Office king (1157-1188), Leon
Notable Family Members father Alfonso VII • son Alfonso IX • brother Sancho III
Role In Reconquista
Alfonso VI
Alfonso VI
king of Leon and Castile
Ferdinand III
Ferdinand III
king of Castile and Leon
Ramiro II
Ramiro II
king of Leon and Asturias
Christopher Columbus
Isabella I
queen of Spain
Ramon Berenguer IV
prince of Aragon
Alfonso VII
Alfonso VII
king of Leon and Castile
Ramon Berenguer III
Ramon Berenguer III
count of Barcelona
Alfonso IX
Alfonso IX
king of Leon
Alfonso III
Alfonso III
king of Asturias
Alfonso XI
Alfonso XI
king of Castile and Leon
Alfonso I
Alfonso I
king of Asturias
Alfonso IV
king of Leon and Asturias
Cid, the
El Cid
Castilian military leader
Ferdinand and Isabella
Ferdinand II
king of Spain
James I, detail of an illumination from the Crónica de Jaime I; in the University of Barcelona
James I
king of Aragon
Alfonso I
Alfonso I
king of Aragon and Navarre
Afonso I
Afonso I
king of Portugal
Ferdinand I
king of Castile and Leon
Afonso II
king of Portugal
Afonso III
Afonso III
king of Portugal

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