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Alfonso the Battler

1073 - 1134

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Alfonso I (c. 1073/1074 – 7 September 1134), called the Battler or the Warrior (Spanish: el Batallador), was King of Aragon and Navarre from 1104 until his death in 1134. He was the second son of King Sancho Ramírez and successor of his brother Peter I. With his marriage to Urraca, queen regnant of Castile, León and Galicia, in 1109, he began to use, with some justification, the grandiose title Emperor of Spain, formerly employed by his father-in-law, Alfonso VI. Alfonso the Battler earned his sobriquet in the Reconquista. He won his greatest military successes in the middle Ebro, where he conquered Zaragoza in 1118 and later took Ejea, Tudela, Calatayud, Borja, Tarazona, Daroca, and Monreal del Campo. He died in September 1134 after an unsuccessful battle with the Muslims at the Battle of Fraga. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alfonso the Battler is the 2,938th most popular politician (down from 2,394th in 2019), the 234th most popular biography from Spain (down from 212th in 2019) and the 80th most popular Spanish Politician.

Alfonso the Battler is most famous for his defeat of the Moors at the Battle of Sagrajas in 1212.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Alfonso the Battler ranks 2,938 out of 19,576. Before him are Pepin of Italy, Melisende, Queen of Jerusalem, Ko Yong-hui, Sigebert I, George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, and Sigebert III. After him are Thorismund, Thein Sein, Alcetas I of Macedon, Alfonso III of Aragon, Maria Ludovika of Austria-Este, and Karl Seitz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1073, Alfonso the Battler ranks 4. Before him are Pope Anastasius IV, Magnus Barefoot, and David IV of Georgia. After him are Leopold III, Margrave of Austria, Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir, Ibn al-Qalanisi, and Geoffrey IV, Count of Anjou. Among people deceased in 1134, Alfonso the Battler ranks 5. Before him are Magnus I of Sweden, Niels, King of Denmark, Robert Curthose, and Irene of Hungary. After him are Norbert of Xanten, and Stephen Harding.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Alfonso the Battler ranks 234 out of 3,355. Before him are Adolfo Suárez (1932), Petronilla of Aragon (1136), Alonso de Ojeda (1466), Juan Luis Vives (1492), Reccared I (510), and Fernando Sor (1778). After him are Alfonso III of Aragon (1265), Kane (1967), María Isabella of Spain (1789), Luis Carrero Blanco (1904), Louis I of Spain (1707), and Lluís Companys (1882).

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Among POLITICIANS In Spain

Among politicians born in Spain, Alfonso the Battler ranks 80. Before him are Henry III of Castile (1379), Balthasar Charles, Prince of Asturias (1629), Elizabeth of Portugal (1271), Adolfo Suárez (1932), Petronilla of Aragon (1136), and Reccared I (510). After him are Alfonso III of Aragon (1265), Louis I of Spain (1707), Lluís Companys (1882), Princess María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1910), Eleanor of Toledo (1522), and Sancho II of Castile and León (1036).

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