Alfonso VI, nicknamed the Brave or the Valiant, was king of León, Galicia, and Castile.
13th century miniature of Alfonso VI from the Tumbo A codex at the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela.
Alfonso in the Libro de las Estampas
Signature of Alfonso VI, from a 1097 charter.
Epitaph of Jimena Muñoz, Alfonso's mistress and progenitor of the first Portuguese royal line.
Ferdinand I of León
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Ferdinand I, called the Great, was the count of Castile from his uncle's death in 1029 and the king of León after defeating his brother-in-law in 1037. According to tradition, he was the first to have
Ferdinand (left) and his wife Sancha (right) receive a book of hours from its scribe. From an illumination in a contemporary book of hours.
"Harvest of grain and grapes", from the Beatus de Facundus, commissioned by Ferdinand and Sancha, circa 1047