General Notes

Alias:<ALIA> The /Brave/
With the death of Alfonso VI of Leon and Castile in 1109, the marria
his two daughters to French nobles resulted in the establishment of the
Burgundian dynasties in Leon, Castile, and Portugal.
AlfonsoVI captured Toledo from the Moors in 1085.  His general was the
famous El Cid, formerly a Castillian, in the service of Sancho II.  El
Cid was exiled andserved the Moslem king of Saragossa.  El Cid,
considered selfish, cruel, andproud, served both sides, became a
national hero of Spain and ruled Valenciauntil his death in 1099.  El
Cid, aka Rodrigo Ruy Diaz of Bivar, was called El Cid (or master) by the
Moslems.  Alfonso's Christian conquest was to rid Spain of the Moors, a
styled himself as Emperor, moare atitle of prestige than real political
power.