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| | Pedro López de Ayala Biography | Encyclopedia of World Biography |
 | | The Spanish statesman, soldier, historian, and poet Pedro López de Ayala (1332-1407) was a towering figure in the Iberian Peninsula in the 14th century. |
 | | Pedro López de Ayala was born in Vitoria in the Basque country, and his long and fruitful life spans the reigns of six kings of Castile: Alfonso XI, Peter the Cruel, Henry II, John I, Henry III, and John II. |
 | | As Henry's standard-bearer, he fought at the battle of Nájera (1367), where he was taken prisoner, in spite of his gallantry, by Edward the Black Prince, for England had intervened on the side of King Peter. |
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