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Alfonso VIII of Castile

1155 - 1214

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Alfonso VIII (11 November 1155 – 5 October 1214), called the Noble (El Noble) or the one of Las Navas (el de las Navas), was King of Castile from 1158 to his death and King of Toledo. After having suffered a great defeat with his own army at Alarcos against the Almohads in 1195, he led the coalition of Christian princes and foreign crusaders who broke the power of the Almohads in the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa in 1212, an event which marked the arrival of a tide of Christian supremacy on the Iberian Peninsula. His reign saw the domination of Castile over León and, by his alliance with Aragon, he drew those two spheres of Christian Iberia into close connection. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alfonso VIII of Castile has received more than 482,247 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia. Alfonso VIII of Castile is the 1,904th most popular politician (down from 1,578th in 2019), the 158th most popular biography from Spain (down from 133rd in 2019) and the 51st most popular Spanish Politician.

Alfonso VIII of Castile is most famous for conquering the city of Toledo in 1085.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Alfonso VIII of Castile ranks 1,904 out of 19,576. Before him are Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy, Agathocles of Syracuse, Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik, Abdurrahman Wahid, Alexander Jagiellon, and Al-Adil I. After him are Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, Zhengde Emperor, Tomoe Gozen, Babrak Karmal, Andrey Vyshinsky, and Joko Widodo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1155, Alfonso VIII of Castile ranks 2. Before him is Isaac II Angelos. After him are Niketas Choniates, Benkei, Henry the Young King, Ottokar I of Bohemia, Shahab al-Din Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardi, Kilij Arslan II, Isaac Komnenos of Cyprus, Peter II of Courtenay, Hermann I, Landgrave of Thuringia, and Euphrosyne Doukaina Kamatera. Among people deceased in 1214, Alfonso VIII of Castile ranks 1. After him are Eleanor of England, Queen of Castile, Qasar, William the Lion, Rurik Rostislavich, Theobald I, Count of Bar, Michael IV of Constantinople, and Henry VI, Count Palatine of the Rhine.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Alfonso VIII of Castile ranks 158 out of 3,355. Before him are Berengaria of Navarre (1165), José Antonio Primo de Rivera (1903), Carlos Saura (1932), Ferdinand I of León (1016), Francisco de Quevedo (1584), and Miguel Muñoz (1922). After him are Joan Enric Vives Sicília (1949), John II of Castile (1405), Alfonso XI of Castile (1311), Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548), Gaius Julius Hyginus (-64), and Joanna of Austria, Princess of Portugal (1535).

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Among POLITICIANS In Spain

Among politicians born in Spain, Alfonso VIII of Castile ranks 51. Before him are Juan Antonio Samaranch (1920), James II of Aragon (1267), Ferdinand I of Naples (1423), Peter IV of Aragon (1319), José Antonio Primo de Rivera (1903), and Ferdinand I of León (1016). After him are John II of Castile (1405), Alfonso XI of Castile (1311), John II of Aragon (1398), Al-Hakam II (915), Henry II of Castile (1334), and Martin of Aragon (1356).

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