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30TH GENERATION1016137794. Alfonso VI DE TOLEDO King of Castile (1316) was born in 1030 in Castile, Spain. He was christened in 1030 in Leon. He Ruled Leon between 1065 and 1109. (760) He Ruled King of Castile between 1072 and 1109 in Castile, Spain. He Battle of Toledo in 1085 in Toledo, Spain.. (1317) Alfonso VI, of Castile, captured Toledo from the Moors in 1085. His general was the famous El Cid, formerly a Castillian, in the service of Sancho II. El Cid was exiled and served the Moslem King of Saragossa. El Cid, considered selfish, cruel, and proud, served both sides. Became national hero of Spain, and ruled Valencia until his death in 1099. El Cid, aka Rodrigo (Ruy) Diaz of Bivar, called El Cid (lord or master by the Moslems). Alfonso's Christian conquest to rid Spain of the Moors, and styled himself Emperor, more a title of prestige than real political power. He Captured Toledo from the Moors in 1085. He died in 1109 in Spain. (760) With the death of Alfonso VI of Leon and Castile in 1109, the marriage of his two daughters to French nobles resulted in the establishment of the Burgundian dynasties in Leon, Castile, and Portugal. He was also known as El Bravo; Don Hernando Alonso de Toledo. He was married to Constance of Burgundy before 1081. 1016137795. Constance of Burgundy
was born about 1050 in Franche Comte', Burgundy. She died in 1092 in Castile,
Spain. Children were:
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