| | Chapter 17: The Kingdom of León-Castilla under King Alfonso VI |
 | | A charter that she granted to the church of Lugo, dated January 21, 1108, suggests that she had withdrawn from court that early and was concentrating on establishing a firm base for her authority in the northwest. |
 | | If these identifications of the magnates killed at Uclés are correct, even in part, then one sees that the problems facing the king in the fall of 1108 compounded and bedeviled the decision shortly to be made concerning a new heir. |
 | | The activities and whereabouts of the king of Aragón during the critical period between the battle of Uclés and the death of Alfonso VI cannot be specified very fully. |
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