Alfonso I of Aragon 'the Battler' (circa 1073-1134, king of Aragon and Navarre 1104-1134). Second son of Sancho I of Aragon, successor of his brother Peter I of Aragon. Conquered many places in the Ebro valley: Egea, Tudela, Zaragoza, Calatayud, Borja, Tarazona, Daroca, and Monreal del Campo. Died in September 1134 after an unsuccessful battle with the Moors at the siege of Fraga. Here is a list of the rulers of Aragon, now a region of north-eastern Spain. ... This is a list of the kings of Navarre. ... Events The worlds first factory, the Venice Arsenal, is founded in Venice. ... Events Baalbeck taken by Genghis Khan House of Brandenburg begins when Albrecht the Bear is made head of the Nordmark St. ... Sancho of Aragon (c. ... Peter I of Aragon (circa 1068-1104) was king of Aragon and Navarre from 1094 to 1104. ... Tudela is a small town in Spain, in the northern province of Navarra. ... For alternative meanings, see Zaragoza (disambiguation). ... Calatayud (2002 pop. ... This is a list of articles on Wikipedia. ... Tarazona is a municipality (pop. ... September is the ninth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four Gregorian months with 30 days. ... Events Baalbeck taken by Genghis Khan House of Brandenburg begins when Albrecht the Bear is made head of the Nordmark St. ... Fraga is the major town of the comarca of Bajo Cinca (Catalan Baix Cinca) in the province of Huesca, Aragon, Spain. ...

A passionate fighting-man (he fought twenty-nine battles against Christian or Moor), he was married (when well over 30 years and a habitual bachelor) in 1109 to Urraca of Castile, widow of Raymond of Burgundy, a very dissolute and passionate woman. The marriage had been arranged by her father Alfonso VI of Castile in 1106 to unite the two chief Christian states against the Almoravides, and to supply them with a capable military leader. But Urraca was tenacious of her right as proprietary queen and had not learnt chastity in the polygamous household of her father. Alfonso is reported to have said that a real soldier lives with men, not women. Husband and wife quarrelled with the brutality of the age and came to open war. Alfonso had the support of one section of the nobles who found their account in the confusion. Being a much better soldier than any of his opponents he gained victories at Sepulveda and Fuente de la Culebra, but his only trustworthy supporters were his Aragonese, who were not numerous enough to keep Castile and Leon subjugated. The marriage of Alfonso and Urraca was declared null by the pope, as they were third cousins. Events Battle of Naklo Battle of Hundsfeld Fulk of Jerusalem becomes count of Anjou Alfonso I of Aragon marries Urraca of Castile Crusaders capture Tripoli Anselm of Laon becomes chancellor of Laon Births July 25 - Afonso, first king of Portugal Deaths Alfonso VI of Castile Anselm of Canterbury, philosopher and... Urraca of Castile (1082 - March 8, 1126) was Queen of Castile and León from 1109 to her death. ... Raymond of Burgundy (Spanish and Portuguese: Raimundo) was the fourth son of William I, Count of Burgundy and was Count of Amous. ... Alfonso VI (before June 1040 - July 1, 1109), nicknamed the Brave, was king of León from 1065 to 1109 and king of Castile since 1072 after his brothers death. ... Almoravides (In Arabic المرابطون al-Murabitun, sing. ... A former kingdom of Spain, Castile comprises the two regions of Old Castile in north-western Spain, and New Castile in the centre of the country. ... The city of León was founded by the Roman Seventh Legion (for unknown reasons always written as Legio Septima Gemina, or twin seventh legion). It was the headquarters of that legion in the late empire and was a center for trade in gold which was mined at Las Médulas nearby. ...

The king quarrelled with the church, and particularly the Cistercians, almost as violently as with his wife. As he beat her, so he drove Archbishop Bernard into exile and expelled the monks of Sahagun. He was finally compelled to give way in Castile and Leon to his stepson Alfonso Raimundez, son of Urraca and her first husband. The intervention of Pope Calixtus II brought about an arrangement between the old man and his young namesake. Alfonso VII of Castile (March 1, 1104/5 - August 21, 1157), nicknamed the Emperor, was the king of Castile and Leon since 1126, son of Urraca of Castile and Count Raymond of Burgundy. ... Callixtus II, né Guido of Vienne (d. ...

Alfonso the Battler won his great successes in the middle Ebro, where he expelled the Moors from Zaragoza; in the great raid of 1125, when he carried away a large part of the subject Christians from Granada, and in the south-west of France, where he had claims as usurper-king of Navarre. Three years before his death he made a will leaving his kingdom to the Templars, the Hospitallers, and the Knights of the Sepulchre, which his subjects refused to carry out - instead bringing his brother Ramiro from the monastery to assume royal powers. Alfonso was a fierce, violent man, a soldier and nothing else, whose piety was wholly militant. He has a great role in the Spanish reconquest. Zaragozas location in Spain Zaragoza (frequently Saragossa in English; Latin Caesaraugusta) is the capital city of the autonomous region and former kingdom of Aragón in Spain, and is located on the river Ebro, and its tributaries the Huerva and Gállego, near the centre of the region, in...

His testament was not honored: Aragon took his aged brother abbot-bishop Ramiro out of monastery and made him king; Navarrese regained independence and put Lord Garcia Ramirez of Monzon, son of his second cousin, to the throne in Pamplona. Pamplona (Basque: Irunea / Iruñea / Iruña) is the capital city of Navarre, Spain. ...

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• This article incorporates text from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, which is in the public domain.