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Alfonso VII

Type Figure Region Castile Time 1105–1157 Also known as Alfonso the Emperor

Alfonso VII (1105–1157), King of Castile and León, son of Raymond of Burgundy and Queen Urraca;…

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  1. 1105–1126León · LeónBorn in León in 1105, son of Raymond of Burgundy and Queen Urraca. Between 1111 and 1120, aged only 6 to 15, he grew up under his mother's regency, amid a court where Castilian nobles, Galician factions, and Aragonese marriage politics intertwined, building the connections that would serve his later personal rule.
  2. 1126–1157Toledo · CastileAssumed personal rule after his mother's death in 1126; crowned "Emperor of All Spain" (Imperator totius Hispaniae) in León in 1135, led the Reconquista, took part in campaigns including the capture of Almería in 1147, and unified the political appeal of the Christian Iberian kingdoms.

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