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Alfonso VI of León and Castile

Alfonso VI
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13th century miniature of Alfonso VI from the Tumbo A codex at the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela.
Emperor of All Hispania
Reign 1077 – 1109
Coronation 1077
Predecessor Ferdinand I
Successor Urraca & Alfonso
King of León
Reign 1065 – 1072
1072 – 1109
Predecessor Ferdinand I
Sancho II
Successor Sancho II
Urraca
King of Castile
Reign 1072 – 1109
Predecessor Sancho II
Successor Urraca
King of Galicia and Portugal
Reign 1071 – 1072 (jointly with Sancho)
1072 – 1109
Predecessor García II
Sancho II
Successor Sancho II
Urraca
Born c. 1040 – 1041
Compostela
Died 1 July 1109
Toledo
Burial Sahagún, León, San Mancio chapel in the royal monastery of Santos Facundo y Primitivo
Spouses Agnes of Aquitaine
Constance of Burgundy
Berta
Isabel
Beatrice
Issue Urraca
Sancho Alfónsez
Infanta Sancha
Elvira, Queen of Sicily
Elvira, Countess of Toulouse
Teresa, Countess of Portugal
House Jiménez
Father Ferdinand I of León
Mother Sancha of León

Alfonso VI (c. 1040 – 1041 – 1 July 1109), nicknamed the Brave (El Bravo) or the Valiant, was the son of King Ferdinand I of León and Queen Sancha, daughter of Alfonso V and sister of Bermudo III. He became king of León (1065–72) and of Galicia (1071 – 1109), and then king of the reunited Castile and León (1072 – 1109).

After the conquest of Toledo in 1085, Alfonso proclaimed himself victoriosissimo rege in Toleto, et in Hispania et Gallecia (most victorious king of Toledo, and of Hispania and Galicia) The Battle of Sagrajas (1086) and the Battle of Uclés (1108), in which his only son and heir, Sancho Alfónsez died, constituted defeats for the Leonese and Castilian armies.

The son of Ferdinand I, King of León and Count of Castile and his wife, Queen Sancha, Alfonso was a "Leonese Infante with Navarrese and Castilian blood". His paternal grandparents were Sancho Garcés III, king of Pamplona and his wife Muniadona of Castile, and his maternal grandparents were Alfonso V of León (after whom he was probably named) and his first wife Elvira Menéndez.

The year of Alfonso's birth is not recorded in medieval documentation. A contemporary text of the anonymous Chronicler of Sahagún, who met the monarch and was present when he died, relates that he died at age 62 after reigning 44 years, indicating that he was born in the second half of 1047 or in the first half of 1048. Bernard F. Reilly says he died at age 72, which would place his birth in 1037.


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