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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alfonso the Battler has received more than 230,232 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia. Alfonso the Battler is the 2,394th most popular politician (down from 2,225th in 2019), the 212th most popular biography from Spain (down from 199th in 2019) and the 75th 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 2,394 out of 19,576. Before him are Shallum of Israel, Basiliscus, Samora Machel, Mikheil Saakashvili, Ivan Gašparovič, and Alp-Tegin. After him are Sergei Witte, Seleucus IV Philopator, Bonne of Luxembourg, Haakon the Good, Pervez Musharraf, and George Vella.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1073, Alfonso the Battler ranks 3. Before him are Pope Anastasius IV, and David IV of Georgia. After him are Leopold III, Margrave of Austria, Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir, Magnus Barefoot, Ibn al-Qalanisi, and Geoffrey IV, Count of Anjou. Among people deceased in 1134, Alfonso the Battler ranks 3. Before him are Niels, King of Denmark, and Robert Curthose. After him are Norbert of Xanten, Irene of Hungary, Magnus I of Sweden, and Stephen Harding.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Alfonso the Battler ranks 212 out of 3,355. Before him are Alfonso IX of León (1171), Joseph of Anchieta (1534), Jacinto Benavente (1866), Pedro de Valdivia (1497), Brunhilda of Austrasia (543), and Infante Carlos, Count of Molina (1788). After him are Pomponius Mela (15), Federico Bahamontes (1928), Eulalia of Mérida (290), Luis de Góngora (1561), Jordi Savall (1941), and Fernando Sor (1778).

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Among POLITICIANS In Spain

Among politicians born in Spain, Alfonso the Battler ranks 75. Before him are Balthasar Charles, Prince of Asturias (1629), Amaro Pargo (1678), Eleanor of Toledo (1522), Urraca of León (1081), Alfonso IX of León (1171), and Infante Carlos, Count of Molina (1788). After him are Alfonso VII of León and Castile (1105), Sancho II of Castile and León (1036), Petronilla of Aragon (1136), Louis Blanc (1811), Blanche I of Navarre (1387), and Reccared I (510).

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