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Alfonso X of Castile

1221 - 1284

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Alfonso X (also known as the Wise, Spanish: el Sabio; 23 November 1221 – 4 April 1284) was King of Castile, León and Galicia from 30 May 1252 until his death in 1284. During the election of 1257, a dissident faction chose him to be king of Germany on 1 April. He renounced his claim to Germany in 1275, and in creating an alliance with the Kingdom of England in 1254, his claim on the Duchy of Gascony as well Alfonso was a prolific sponsor of Galician poetry, such as the Cantigas de Santa Maria, which are equally notable for their musical content as for their literary merit. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alfonso X of Castile has received more than 836,278 page views. His biography is available in 58 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 57 in 2019). Alfonso X of Castile is the 283rd most popular writer (down from 263rd in 2019), the 71st most popular biography from Spain (down from 64th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Spanish Writer.

Alfonso X of Castile is most famous for being a scholar and a patron of the arts. He was also a king of Castile, León, Galicia, Toledo, Murcia, Jaén, Seville, Córdoba, and Valencia.

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  • 58

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Primera crónica general
1906
Antología de Alfonso X el Sabio
1941
Cantigas de Santa María
1959
Cantigas de Santa Maria
1889
General estoria
1900
Libros del saber de astronomía
1863

Page views of Alfonso X of Castiles by language

Over the past year Alfonso X of Castile has had the most page views in the with 233,473 views, followed by English (101,786), and German (18,196). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Urdu (714.63%), Wu Chinese (110.15%), and Vietnamese (84.92%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Alfonso X of Castile ranks 283 out of 7,302. Before him are Kenzaburō Ōe, Italo Calvino, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Paul Heyse, and Mary Wollstonecraft. After him are William Golding, Alberto Moravia, Paul Valéry, Philip K. Dick, Marcus Terentius Varro, and Gerhart Hauptmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1221, Alfonso X of Castile ranks 2. Before him is Bonaventure. After him are Margaret of Provence, Al-Adil II, Theodore II Laskaris, Yesü Möngke, Qara Hülegü, and Salimbene di Adam. Among people deceased in 1284, Alfonso X of Castile ranks 1. After him are Nicola Pisano, Tekuder, Boetius of Dacia, Siger of Brabant, Hōjō Tokimune, Hugh III of Cyprus, Peter I, Count of Alençon, George, Emperor of Trebizond, Sturla Þórðarson, Adelaide of Holland, and Alphonso, Earl of Chester.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Alfonso X of Castile ranks 71 out of 3,355. Before him are Ferdinand VII of Spain (1784), Abbas ibn Firnas (810), Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600), Alfonso XII of Spain (1857), Bartolomé de las Casas (1484), and Luis Aragonés (1938). After him are Plácido Domingo (1941), Lucan (39), Amancio Ortega (1936), Vasco Núñez de Balboa (1475), Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba (1507), and Juan Gris (1887).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Alfonso X of Castile ranks 8. Before him are Federico García Lorca (1898), Joan Fuster (1922), Lope de Vega (1562), Quintilian (35), Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600), and Bartolomé de las Casas (1484). After him are Lucan (39), Seneca the Elder (-54), Martial (40), Juan Ramón Jiménez (1881), Henry IV of Castile (1425), and Francisco de Quevedo (1584).

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