Alfonso VI

(Alfonso VI of Castile, Alphonso the Brave)

1040–1109

King of Castile who with his great warrior El Cid, reconquered Toledo and much other territory from the Moors.

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The Cid Campaedor  in  A Child's History of Spain  by  John Bonner
Ruy Diaz, the Cid Campeador  in  Historical Tales: Spanish  by  Charles Morris
Spanish Hero  in  The Discovery of New Worlds  by  M. B. Synge
Cid is Reconciled with Don Alfonso  in  The Story of the Cid For Young People  by  Calvin Dill Wilson