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Alfonso I the Battler

Type Figure Region Aragon Time 1073–1134 Also known as Alfonso I the Battler、Alfonso I of Aragon、Alfonso el Batallador

King of Aragon and Pamplona (r. 1104–1134), famed for warlike prowess; greatly expanded territory in the Reconquista, married and divorced Urraca of …

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  1. 1073–1104Jaca · AragonSon of Sancho Ramírez, he grew up on the southeastern Pyrenean frontier during the reigns of his father and brother Pedro I; he succeeded in 1104 after Pedro died without issue, immediately launching military expansion against Muslim strongholds.
  2. 1104–1114Zaragoza · Autonomous Community of AragonIn 1118 he captured Zaragoza and other key cities, pushing Aragonese power down the Ebro; in 1109 he married Urraca, queen of León-Castile, seeking to unite Christian northern Iberia, but the couple were long at odds and the Church declared the marriage void around 1114.
  3. 1114–1134Fraga · AragonHe continued expeditions against al-Andalus and the southern frontier, dying in 1134 while besieging Fraga. His will left the kingdom to the Knights Templar, Knights Hospitaller, and Knights of Saint John, which was rejected by the papacy and nobles; the Aragonese throne passed to his brother Ramiro II, provoking a long territorial dispute with Castile.

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