Alfonso VI of León and Castile

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Alfonso VI, nicknamed the Brave or the Valiant, was king of León (1065–1109), Galicia (1071–1109), and Castile (1072–1109).

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.

Kingdom of León

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The Kingdom of León was an independent kingdom situated in the northwest region of the Iberian Peninsula. It was founded in 910 when the Christian princes of Asturias along the northern coast of the peninsula shifted their capital from Oviedo to the city of León. The kings of León fought civil wars, wars against neighbouring kingdoms, and campaigns to repel invasions by both the Moors and the Vikings, all in order to protect their kingdom's changing fortunes.

Alfonso the Great (848-910), king of León, Galicia and Asturias

The new kingdom of León, 910

Mozarabic church of Santiago de Peñalba

Codex biblicus legionensis