ALFONSO VIII, Spanish King of Castile

(Alfonso the Noble), 1155–1214, Spanish king of Castile (1158–1214), son and successor of Sancho III. Chaos prevailed during his minority, but he quickly restored order after assuming (1166) the government. Alfonso took (1177) Cuenca from the Moors, but later (1195) he was seriously defeated by them at Alarcos. León and Navarre then invaded Castile, but Alfonso forced them to make peace, annexing Álava and Guipúzcoa from Navarre. Allied with his former Christian enemies, he led them to the great victory over the Almohads at Las Navas de Tolosa (1212). Alfonso was married to Eleanor, daughter of Henry II of England. Their children included Henry, who succeeded his father as Henry I; Blanche, who married Louis VIII of France; and Berenguela, who married Alfonso IX of León and whose son Ferdinand III united Castile and León.

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The Learned King: The Reign of Alfonso X of Castile
Book by Joseph F. O'Callaghan; University of Pennsylvania Press, 1993
Subjects: Alfonso--X--King Of Castile And Leon--1221-1284, Castile (Spain)--History--Alfonso X, 1252-1284, Castile (Spain)--Kings And Rulers--Biography, Learning And Scholarship--History--Medieval, 500-1500
...centuries by aiding the king to advance the frontier...Extremadura. The Crown of Castile, the largest of Alfonso Xs dominions and the...the reign of Alfonso VIII, members of the Haro...and the Temple. The Spanish military orders, established...
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John, King of England
Book by John T. Appleby; Alfred A. Knopf, 1959
Subjects: John--King Of England--1167-1216
...thirteenth-century Henry VIII, anticipating the break...Shakespeare discarded much of the religious polemics...information about King John is readily available...VI. John, King of England 1199-1200...VIII. The Canterbury Elections...
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History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain
Book by William H. Prescott, John Foster Kirk; J. B. Lippincott, 1891
Subjects: Philip--Ii--King Of Spain--1527-1598
...appointed with the King 543...Character of Don John...Desertions from the Spanish Camp...CHAPTER VIII...Guards of Castile 664...distracted Castile. There was...the pride of the Spaniard...Germany, not as King Charles the...strength of the spanish monarch was...
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The Latin Chronicle of the Kings of Castile
Book by Joseph F. O'Callaghan; Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2002
Subjects: Castile (Spain)--History
...61 Fernando III becomes King of Leon 120 62 Fernando...Chronicle of the Kings of Castile. Other concerns distracted...Castile during the reigns of Alfonso VIII (1158-1214) and Fernando...also translated it into Spanish, thereby greatly facilitating...
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The Castles and the Crown: Spain: 1451-1555
Book by Townsend Miller; Coward-McCann, 1963
Subjects: Ferdinand--V--King Of Spain--1452-1516, Isabella--I--Queen Of Spain--1451-1504, Juana--La Loca, Queen Of Castile--1479-1555, Philip--I--King Of Castile--1478-1506
...elected their King in 718...by the end of the ninth...the Tajo; Alfonso VI captured...emerging Spanish powers. The...Leon and Castile; the counties...word in the Spanish language...business out of the way, young Alfonso was lifted...went up: "Castile! Castile for the King don Alfonso...
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Of History, Myth, and Gender in the Reign of Isabel of Castile
Journal article by Anne J. Cruz; CLIO, Vol. 34, 2004
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Isabel Rules: Constructing Queenship, Wielding Power (Book)--Book reviews, Isabel la Catolica, Queen of Castile: Critical Essays (Book)--Book reviews, Women, Texts and Authority in the Early Modern Spanish World (Book)--Book reviews
...justice and differentiates the king (or the queen) from a tyrant...that is, the assimilation of religious authority to political...choice of contributors (with the Spanish essays excellently translated...historians (Juan de Flores, Alfonso de Palencia, Fernando del Pulgar...
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Isabella and Ferdinand of Spain 1474-1516 a Re-assessment
Journal article by Geoffrey Woodward; History Review, 1998
Subjects: Ferdinand, King of Aragon--Conduct of life, Isabella I, Queen of Spain--Conduct of life, Monarchy--Spain, Spain--Kings and rulers
...have been much greater. Alfonsos subsequent acknowledgement...Portugal, ended the War of Succession in 1479...succeeded his father as King of Aragon. Like Castile, the kingdom was slowly...Aragon, and with Henry VIII in 1512 to seize Navarre...
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The Empress Eudoxia and the Troubadours
Journal article by Ruth E. Harvey; Medium Aevum, Vol. 70, 2001
Subjects: Istanbul, Turkey--History, Manuscripts, Medieval--Analysis, Poetry--Analysis, Troubadour songs--Analysis
...kings of Aragon and Castile made an agreement...against Pedro Ruiz of Azagra, lord of Albarracin...him by the Muslim King Lobo of Murcia and Valencia, but that Alfonso VIII broke the agreement...discord between the two Spanish kings). However...
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A Unique Bilingual Surrender Treaty from Muslim-Crusader Spain
Journal article by Robert I. Burns, Paul E. Chevedden; The Historian, Vol. 62, 2000
Subjects: Arabs in Spain--History, Capitulations, Military--History, Crusades--History, Spain--History, Treaties--History
...victorious, the king of Castile and you together...Burriana." The siege of Valencia city in...episodes recounted by King James in his memoirs...expulsion by the Spanish armies--at that time...Conqueror and his son Alfonso is important for...musulmana (segles VIII-XIII) (Jativa, 1987...
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Pope Eugenius IV and Jewish Money-Lending in Florence: The Case of Salomone Di Bonaventura during the Chancellorship of Leonardo Bruni
Journal article by Andrew Gow, Gordon Griffiths; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 47, 1994
Subjects: Businessmen--15th century, Florence, Italy--15th century, Jews--Italy, Religion and law--15th century
...Turbato." In Essays on the Occasion of the Seventieth Anniversary of the Dropsie University, 151-88. Philadelphia, 1979. Gregory the Great. Sancti Gregorii Magni Registrum Epistularum Libri VIII-XIV Ed. Dag Norberg. Vol. 8. Turnholt, 1982. Griffiths, Gordon...
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Zamora's Nuns in the Oven
Magazine article by Peter Linehan; History Today, Vol. 47, March 1997
Subjects: Catholic Church--History, Dominicans--History, Monasticism and religious orders for women--History, Spain--History
...Having abandoned Alfonso X at the earliest...April 1284 when the king, to whom he owed his all, died? the Bishop of Zamora had for some...sidelined, while Castiles new ruler lavished...provincial of the Orders Spanish province and in 1285...then Pope Boniface VIII, promulgated the...


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encyclopedia articles on: Alfonso VIII Spanish King of Castile  - 5 results

 
 
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Alfonso VIII , Spanish King of Castile
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ALFONSO VIII , Spanish king of Castile (Alfonso the Noble), 1155 1214, Spanish king of Castile (1158 1214), son and...1166) the government. Alfonso took (1177) Cuenca...who married Louis VIII of France; and Berenguela...
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Henry I , Spanish King of Castile
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Castile 1204 17, Spanish king of Castile (1214 17), son and successor of Alfonso VIII. At his death after a...to the crown in favor of her son, Ferdinand III...Used with the permission of Columbia University Press...
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Alfonso IX , Spanish King of León
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Spanish king of Leon 1171 1230, Spanish king of Leon (1188 1230), son and successor...and was frequently at war with Alfonso VIII of Castile. His marriages with Teresa of Portugal and Berenguela of Castile were both annulled by the pope...
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Ferdinand II , Spanish King of León
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Leon d. 1188, Spanish king of Leon (1157 88), son and successor of Alfonso VII. He invaded Castile and set up a protectorate...nephew Alfonso VIII . He also fought...Estremadura. His son Alfonso IX succeeded him...the permission of Columbia University...
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Spain
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the last Visigothic king, was defeated, and...became the capital of the emir, who governed...created (778) the Spanish March, out of which...controlled Aragon and Castile. His state split...aid them against Alfonso VI of Castile. As...defeated by Alfonso VIII of Castile, whose...


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