HIST EL CID, SPANISH WARRIOR, AND THROUGH LEGEND THE EMBODIMENT OF CHIVELRY AND VIRTUE. CALLED EL CID CAMPEADOR (THE LORD CHAMPION), HE WAS BORN RODGRIGO DIAZ DE VIVAR. THE SON OF A MINOR CASTILIAN NOBLEMAN, EL CID WAS BORN AT VIVAR, NEAR BURGOS DATE 10 JUL 2000