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  Alfonso - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alfonso (Spanish and Italian), Alfons (German or Catalan), Afonso (Portuguese), Affonso (Portuguese), Alphonse (French) and (Italian), Alphons (Dutch), Alphonso (English) and (Filipino), or Alphonzo (English) is a masculine name, originally from the Gothic language, in which it was Hildefuns, which is preserved in the Spanish Ildefonso (Latinised as Ildephonsus).
Alfonso VII of Castile -- (1126-1157) the Emperor
Alfonso, Cavite, is a municipality in the Philippines
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 Ancestors of Li Ann Harper Lee - pafg277 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Alfonso XI FERNANDEZ King of Spain [Parents] was born on 13 Aug 1311 in, Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain.
Alfonso of Portugal and of Algrave [Parents] was born on 8 Feb 1291 in, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal.
Alfonso Prince of Perez was born in 1359 in, Tordesillas, Valladolid, Spain.
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 Alfonso XI - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Alfonso XI (1311-1350), King of León and Castile (1312-1350).
King Alfonso III, who reigned from 1248 to 1279, completed the expulsion of the Moors from the Algarve and moved the capital of Portugal from Coimbra...
Peter the Cruel (Spanish, Pedro el cruel) (1334-1369), king of Castile and León (1350-1369), the son of King Alfonso XI, born in Burgos.
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 Chapter 10: Cortes of Castile-León
Alfonso XI agreed that criminous clerics were entitled to be tried by the church, but he reminded the prelates that they should take seriously their obligation to punish as appropriate (Valladolid 1325, art.
Alfonso XI stipulated that the crown would appoint scribes in cathedral churches who would be laymen and thus punishable in body and goods if they failed in their responsibilities.
Alfonso X maintained the royal monopoly by forbidding anyone to establish a private salt depot; he fixed the price at which salt could be sold and prohibited its export (presumably because of the lack of sufficient quantities for domestic use).
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 Raul N. Longoria's Genealogy Database   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
She was married to Alfonso VII (the Emperor) RAIMUNDEZ (Count of Castile) in Jul 1152.
Children were: Isabel de Limoges, Ferdinand IV (KING OF CASTILE AND LEON), Alfonso of Castile (Infant of Castile), Enrique of Castile (Infant of Castile), Pedro de Castile (Regent of Castile), Felipe de Cabrera of Castile, Beatriz of Castile (Infanta of Castile).
Urraca of Castile (Countess of Castile) was born in 1081.
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 AllRefer.com - Alfonso IV, king of Portugal (Spanish And Portuguese History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Alfonso IV 1291–1357, king of Portugal (1325–57), son and successor of Diniz.
He was involved (1337–40) in a fruitless war with Alfonso XI of Castile before joining him in a campaign against the Moors that culminated in the notable victory of Tarifa (Oct., 1340).
Alfonso is, however, best remembered for countenancing the murder (1355) of his son's mistress (or wife), InEs de Castro, one of the most romantic figures in Portuguese history.
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 Chapter 8
After Alfonso XI came of age (1325), royal power was swiftly reasserted, and in many ways the young ruler proved to be one of Castile's most capable kings.
Alfonso XI died prematurely at the age of forty and was succeeded by his sixteen-year-old son Pedro.
Alfonso XI was a popular king and used his appeal to bolster arbitrary extension of authority.
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 Raul N. Longoria's Genealogy Database   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
John of Gaunt married Blanche, the heiress of Lancaster, in 1359 and thus became Earl of Lancaster in 1361 and Duke of Lancaster in 1362.
Alfonso died in 1468 and Henry IV then designated his half-sister Isabella to be his successor.
Isabella defeated Alfonso V in a battle at Toro in 1476, ending the threat to her rule.
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 Castiles & Leon
Alfonso was killed in battle against his stepson, Alfonso VII of Castile, and was succeeded by his brother Ramiro II in Aragón and by García IV in Navarre.
Alfonso VII (Alfonso the Emperor), 1104—57, Spanish king of Castile and León (1126—57), son and successor of Urraca.
Alfonso was married to Eleanor, daughter of Henry II of England.
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 End of Europe's Middle Ages - New Monarchies: Portugal
Alfonso IV the Brave (1290-1357), followed his father as king of Portugal in 1357.
Alfonso IV allied with Alfonso XI of Castile and León to defeat the Moors at the Battle of Salado River in 1340.
Following a brief reign by John I's son, Edward, Alfonso V the African (1432-1481) succeeded to the Portuguese throne under a regency in 1438.
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 Alfonso XI of Castile - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alfonso XI of Castile (August 13, 1311 – March 26/27, 1350) was the king of Castile and León, the son of Ferdinand IV of Castile and his wife Constance of Portugal.
Alfonso XI never went to the insane lengths of his son Peter I of Castile, but he could be bloody in his methods.
He killed for reasons of state without form of trial.
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 Alfonso XI - The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition - HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
ALFONSO XI [Alfonso XI] 1311-50, Spanish king of Castile and León (1312-50), son and successor of Ferdinand IV.
In 1340, having formed alliances with Portugal, Navarre, and Aragón, Alfonso won the great victory of Tarifa (also called the battle of Salado), and in 1344 he took Algeciras.
By the Ordenamiento de Alcalá, issued at Alcalá de Henares in 1348, Alfonso enforced the Siete Partidas of Alfonso X. He died while besieging Gibraltar and was succeeded by his son, Peter the Cruel.
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 Glossary: New Monarchies
Alfonso IV feared that any children by Inés de Castro, a member of the Castilian royal family, would lead to dynastic wars and rival claims to Dom Pedro's son by his first wife.
Alfonso V attacked Castile in 1476 but was defeated by Isabella I of Castile and her husband, Ferdinand V of Aragón.
Alfonso IV feared that Dom Pedro's son by his first marriage would be challenged if Inés bore a son, leading to a dynastic rivalry.
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 Political Use
Two rulers stand out in their patronage of new decoration because they were Christian kings who commissioned Islamic style art: Alfonso XI and Pedro the Cruel.
By using the local imagery, Alfonso XI could show his dominance and Pedro could show his courtly presence, both competing against the Muslims, either militarily or artistically.
Alfonso XI, after a particularly successful campaign against the Muslims at Granada, commissioned Islamic elements to be added to his palace.
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 Alfonso XI   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
With the Portuguese, he defeated the invaders at Río Salado in 1340 and recaptured Algeciras in 1344.
Alfonso XI promulgated important administrative and legal reforms in the ordinances of Alcalá de Henares in 1348.
Alfonso was assiduously courted by both France and England, who wished for an alliance that would give them the support of his powerful fleet, but he avoided committing himself to either party.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: University of Valladolid
Its origin probably dates from 1260-64; in 1293 the university was in a most flourishing condition.
Alfonso XI was the patron of Valladolid, just as Alfonso the Wise had been that of Salamanca.
He provided a fixed revenue for the estudios, of one third the tithes received from Valladolid and its surrounding hamlets, conferred many honours on its professors, and finally petitioned Clement VI for papal authorization, which was given in the Bull of 30 July, 1346.
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 700000 people connected with European Royalty
Alfonso XI Fernandez Castile and Leon [Twin]/ and Leonora De Guzman
Alfonso XI Fernandez Castile and Leon [Twin]/ and Constanza Manuel De Villena Escalona
Spouse: Alfonso XI Fernandez Castile and Leon [Twin]/ (1311-1350)
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 ALFONSO XI IN THE HUNDRED YEARS WAR
During the reign of king Alfonso XI (1312-1350) the colision of interests between France & England gave place to the conflict known later as "Hundred Years War".
Nevertheless, in the following years, no more mayor battles took place in the area: this was a war of privateers, while the own Castile kept its relations with England, and the own Alfonso XI tried to mediate between both sides, in order to end the war.
English troops centered themshelves in land operations, where they crushed every French army who tried to oppose them, but the superior diplomatic skills of the king of France managed to neutralize the effect of these victories.
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 thePeerage.com - Isabella de Lara and others
     Tello de Castilla, Conde de Biscay was the son of Alfonso XI, Rey de Castilla y León and Eleanor Guzman.
He was the son of Alfonso XI, Rey de Castilla y León and Eleanor Guzman.
She married Enrique II, Rey de Castilla y León, son of Alfonso XI, Rey de Castilla y León and Eleanor Guzman, in 1350.
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 The Bailey Family   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Alfonso XI "The Just" FERNANDEZ KING OF CASTILE and LEON [TWIN] was born on 13 Aug 1311 in Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain.
Alfonso IX FERNANDEZ KING OF LEON AND CASTILE was born on 15 Aug 1171 in Zamora, Leon, Spain.
Children were: Berenguela Princess Of LEON AND CASTILE, Constanza Princess Of LEON AND CASTILE, Fernando III "The Saint" King Of CASTILE AND LEON, Leonor Princess Of LEON AND CASTILE, Alfonso Alfonsez Prince Of LEON AND CASTILE [SENOR DE MOLINA Y MESA].
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 Chronicle of Alfonso X - Wal-Mart
Alfonso X, the Wise (1221-1284), king of Castile and Leon from 1252 until his death, is particularly appreciated as a great patron of science and the arts in late medieval Spain.
In the fourteenth century, Alfonso XI commissioned the Cronica de Alfonso X to memorialize his grandfather.
This book is the first and only translation into English (or any other language) of the Chronicle of Alfonso X. Here for the first time the original "clumsy Castilian" of Fernan Sanchez has been transformed into literate and agile English.
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 Late Middle Ages, Knox - Tiimeline Iberia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Alfonso IV of Aragon dies; succeeded by Pedro IV (-1387)
Alfonso of Castile and Afonso of Portugal defeat a Muslim invasion from Africa on the Salado River
Alfonso of Aragon and Sicily captures Naples and is adopted by Queen Joanna as her heir
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 A-Z Entries
Felipe, Infante Regent for Alfonso XI Félix, bishop of Urgel
Juan, regent for Alfonso XI Juana of Castille
Teresa, daughter of Alfonso VI and wife of Henry of Burgundy
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 Saints - Elizabeth of Portugal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
In 1320, Elizabeth's son, Alfonso, at 20 years of age, organized and led a revolution against his father's tyranny.
Torn between the love and loyalty of the two, Elizabeth tried to negotiate a truce; however, because Denis no longer trusted her motives, he banished her from the kingdom.
Some 10 years later, Elizabeth was once again called upon to mediate a truce, this time between her son, King Alfonso IV of Portugal and Alfonso XI of Castile.
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 jrv ¶research
Articles on Alfonso XI and Diego de Valera for: Carlos Alvar, ed.
Burns, Emperor of Culture, Alfonso X the Learned of Castile and His XIIIth-Century Renaissance, Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1990.
"Alfonso XI and the discourse on chivalric monarchy: the Orden de la Banda ", 38 th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Medieval Institute, Kalamazoo, Michigan, may 11 2003.
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 History Today: The mechanics of monarchy: knighting Castile's king, 1332. (Alfonso XI)@ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Peter Linehan looks at how Alfonso XI got round the problem and in the process strengthened his hold on his kingdom.
At the Cortes of Valladolid in August 1325, the fifteen-year-old Alfonso XI of Castile dismissed his tutors and assumed control of his kingdom's affairs.
The act of self-assertion of one of medieval Spain's arguably more remarkable and certainly least well-known monarchs iniated a twenty-five-year period within which scholars have recently been intent on locating the beginnings of the Modern State.
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 Alfonso IV, king of Portugal
Alfonso IV Alfonso IV, 1291–1357, king of Portugal (1325–57), son and successor of
Alfonso is, however, best remembered for countenancing the murder (1355) of his son's mistress (or wife), Inés de
) promptly led a rebellion, but peace between father and son was restored before Alfonso's death.
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 Gallery
The tomb of king of Castile Alfonso XI (†1350).
Alfonso VI the Brave of Castile and León (†1109)
Queen Mary of Portugal (†1357), consort of Alfonso XI of Castile
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 Alfonso XI, Spanish king of Castile and León
Alfonso XI Alfonso XI, 1311–50, Spanish king of Castile and León (1312–50), son and successor of Ferdinand IV.
issued at Alcalá de Henares in 1348, Alfonso enforced the
of Alfonso X. He died while besieging Gibraltar and was succeeded by his son, Peter the Cruel.
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