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Alfonso VI (born before June 1040—died 1109, Toledo, Castile) was the king of Leon (1065–70) and king of reunited Castile and Leon (1072–1109), who by 1077 had proclaimed himself “emperor of all Spain” (imperator totius Hispaniae).
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Alfonso VI, known as Alfonso the Brave, (born before June...
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Alfonso VI (c. 1040/1041 [a] – 1 July 1109 [2]), nicknamed the Brave (El Bravo) or the Valiant, was king of León (1065–1109), [3] Galicia (1071–1109), [b] and Castile (1072–1109). After the conquest of Toledo in 1085, Alfonso proclaimed himself victoriosissimo rege in Toleto, et in Hispania et Gallecia (most victorious king of Toledo ...
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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. On Sancho’s death he inherited Castile (1072); he also occupied Galicia and imprisoned his brother Garc...
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Siege of Toledo, a key moment in 1085 during the struggle between the Christians and Muslims in the Iberian Peninsula. Toledo was the capital of the taifa kingdom of Al-Andalus, and its fall to King Alfonso VI of Castile spurred the Reconquista, the Christian conquest of Muslim Spain.
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'Fall of Ṭulayṭula') was Alfonso VI of León and Castile's siege and conquest of Toledo, capital of the Taifa of Toledo, from Yahya al-Qadir of the Dhulnunid dynasty in Muharram 478 / May 1085.
May 11, 2018 · Alfonso VI (1040-1109) became king of León in 1065 and of Castile in 1072. A fighting king of the Spanish Reconquest, he later feuded with the Cid and could not cope with the invading Almoravids. Alfonso was the second and favorite son of Ferdinand I, Count of Castile and King of León.
May 24, 2024 · Alfonso, later King Alfonso VI ("el Bravo"), Rey de Castilla y León, was born in about 1039 (1038-40) in Compostela, Galicia (now Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain) as the second son of King Fernando I ("el Magno"), Rey de Castilla y León and Sancha de León.
