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Alfonso VI

died 1109, king of Léon (1065--1109) and of Castile (1072--1109). He appointed his vassal, the Spanish hero El Cid, ruler of Valencia
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1153) would make use of the term with this restricted meaning in his own Chronicon regum Legionensium when explaining the arrival of the Almoravids in Spain as a consequence of King Alfonso VI's pride, following his many conquests at the expense of the Saracens of al-Andalus:
(1) Asi pues, el siguiente trabajo analiza la intencionada creacion que la onomastica de los personajes Raimundo y Honorato oculta, quienes rememoran al dueto historico de Alfonso VI y Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, el Cid.
Hernando explica que, para resolver la crisis del destierro que ha sufrido a manos de Alfonso VI, el Cid no solamente tiene que acumular botin, sino que tambien debe enfrentarse a un enemigo con "un grado de contiguidad fisica o imaginaria suficiente con el origen de su agresion, el rey" (53).
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