Ruderick (Latin: Rudericus; died on 4 October – 5 November 873), better known by his Spanish name Rodrigo, was an influential noble of the Kingdom of Asturias, and was probably the first Count of Castile (850/862–873) and Álava (867/868–870). He was an active participant in the Reconquista and a faithful vassal of Ordoño I and Alfonso the Great, kings of Asturias. By conquering land from the Moors, Rodrigo began the southern expansion of the County of Castile.
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known by his Spanish name Rodrigo, was an influential noble of the Kingdom of Asturias, and was probably the first Count ofCastile (850/862–873) and Álava...
Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar (c. 1043 – 10 July 1099) was a Castilian knight and ruler in medieval Spain. Fighting both with Christian and Muslim armies during...
is no solid evidence of children other than Ordoño. Traditionally, Count RodrigoofCastile (died 873) has been named as son of Ramiro and Paterna. The...
Kingdom ofCastile founded under Sancho II ofCastile and León (Sancho the Strong). (Date unknown). Castilian hero El Cid is born Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar...
reaches of the high Ebro river valleys and canyon gores. The first count of a wider and more united Castile was Rodrigo in 850, under Ordoño I of Asturias...
May 1379), called Henry of Trastámara or the Fratricidal (el Fratricida), was the first King ofCastile and León from the House of Trastámara. He became...
8 November 1246), was Queen ofCastile for a brief time in 1217, and Queen of León from 1197 to 1204 as the second wife of King Alfonso IX. As the eldest...
Católica), was Queen ofCastile and León from 1474 until her death in 1504. She was also Queen of Aragon from 1479 until her death as the wife of King Ferdinand...
fought between the supporters of Joanna 'la Beltraneja', reputed daughter of the late monarch Henry IV ofCastile, and those of Henry's half-sister, Isabella...
summer of 1295, when the Cortes of Valladolid were finished, the Dowager Queen and Henry ofCastile met in Ciudad Rodrigo with King Denis of Portugal...
I of Córdoba attacked the Kingdom of Asturias during the reign of Ordoño I. Christian forces under the command ofRodrigoofCastile, the count of Castile...
Ciudad Rodrigo (Spanish pronunciation: [θjuˈðað roˈðɾiɣo]) is a small cathedral city in the province of Salamanca, in western Spain, with a population...
October 1390) was King ofCastile and León from 1379 until 1390. He was the son of Henry II and of his wife Juana Manuel ofCastile. In 1379, John I formed...
King ofCastile, 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...
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