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 | | But Alphonso XI did not imprison his wife, or cause her tobe murdered. |
 | | In 1366 he was assailed by his bastardbrother Henry of Trastamara at the head of a host of soldiersof fortune, including Bertrand du Guesclin and HughCalveley, and abandon the kingdom without daring to give battle, after retreating several times (first from Burgos, then fromToledo, and lastly from Seville) in the face of the oncoming armies. |
 | | He fled, with his treasury, to Portugal where he was coldly received by his uncle, Pedro I, and thence to Galacia, in northern Spain, wherehe ordered murder Suero, the archbishop of Santiago,and the dean, Peralvarez. |
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