Alfonso X of Castile
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Alfonso X was King of Castile, León and Galicia from 1 June 1252 until his death in 1284. During the election of 1257, a dissident faction chose him to be king of Germany on 1 April. He renounced his
Portrait of Alfonso X from the Libro de los juegos (1283)
Portrait of Alfonso X from the codex Tumbo 'A' de Santiago (Dated between 1229 and 1255)
Castillian ambassadors meeting Almohad caliph Abu Hafs Umar al-Murtada, from the Cantigas de Santa María
Equestrian seal of Alfonso X of Castile
Sancho IV of Castile
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Sancho IV of Castile called the Brave, was the king of Castile, León and Galicia from 1284 to his death. Following his brother Ferdinand's death, he gained the support of nobles who declared him king
Alfonso X of Castile
…war with Portugal, but a less successful one with Granada. The end of his reign was marred by a civil war with his eldest surviving son, the future Sancho IV, which continued after his death. Alfonso was born on 23 November 1221 in Toledo, Kingdom of Castile. He was the eldest son of Ferdinand III and Elizabeth…
13th-century miniature of Sancho, currently at Biblioteca Nacional de España
Engraving, c. 1600-1700