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Alfonso VI

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Alfonso VI (Spanish) [alˈfonso]
n
(Biographies / Alfonso (death date: 1109) M, Spanish, POLITICS: hereditary ruler) died 1109, king of Léon (1065-1109) and of Castile (1072-1109). He appointed his vassal, the Spanish hero El Cid, ruler of Valencia


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Since the days when King Alfonso VI (1030-1109) granted a charter for a hostel to a local hermit named Gaucelmo, the villagers of Rabanal have provided continuous hospitality on one of the world's best-known pilgrimage routes, the Camino de Santiago de Compostela.
In all the discussions, students wanted to explore the moving scene toward the beginning of the poem when the Cid, banished from Castile by King Alfonso VI, leaves his wife and two daughters.
 
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