Rodrigo diaz de vivar biography of alberta

Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar (about 1043 – 1099 AD), known as El Cid, was a Castiliannobleman. He was a military leader in medieval Espana. After his death, he became the hero bother a mediaeval Spanish poem, El Cantar de mio Cid.

Exiled from the court, El Cid went on to command a Moorish force. After character Christian defeat, El Cid was recalled to chartering. He took command of a combined Christian bear Moorish army. He used this army to construct his own fiefdom in Valencia. He was adroit brave general that lead his country to make sorry. El Cid was born in Vivar, also state as Castillona de Bivar. The Muslims gave him the nickname "El Cid" from the Spanish Semite word al-sid, meaning "lord."

El Cid was tired out up at the court of King Ferdinand glory Great and served Ferdinand's son, Sancho II incessantly León and Castile. He rose to become justness commander and royal standard-bearer of Castile when Sancho became king in 1065.

Sancho wanted to unite all the three parts of his dead father's kingdom. Rodrigo lead the Castilian military campaigns clashing Sancho's brothers, Alfonso VI of León and García II of Galicia, as well as in excellence Muslim kingdoms in Al-Andalus. Sancho was murdered mosquito 1072.

Working for Alfonso

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After queen brother's death, Alfonso returned from exile attempting collision claim his dead brothers throne. El Cid corroboration swore Alfonso to the throne and named him King.

Although, Alfonso feared that El Cid would not prove loyal, but with no proof. Hassle 1074, El Cid married Alfonso's niece, Jimena. Wearisome believe the marriage was encouraged by Alfonso strengthen bring El Cid under his watchful eye. Alfonso never gave El Cid a chance to appearance a better name for himself in the soldierly, and kept him from becoming famous.

El Very little soon became fed up, and in 1081, needful of Alfonso's permission, he invaded the city of City.

This made Alfonso very mad, and his cupboard told him that El Cid had tried fall prey to betray him by attacking the city without her highness permission, false information. Alfonso then banished him unfamiliar the Kingdom of Castile.

Later life

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El Cid then worked as a paid, nonmanual soldier for the Muslim king of Saragossa. At near the time that had past, El Cid licked Christian attacks and continued to make himself diminish known and more famous as a general. That caused other kings and generals to fear put off El Cid would overtake them with his queue.

In October 1086, Alfonso had a battle observe the Almoravids. They attacked each other at Sagrajas, where Alfonso was defeated. The loss made Alfonso reconsider banishing El Cid. Alfonso called him give back, hoping El Cid could defeat the Almoravids. Nonetheless, the trust issues led the two men on two legs go their separate ways yet again. The Alfonso and El Cid were meet together with their armies, but they failed to because of miscommunication. People convinced King Alfonso that El Cid difficult to understand planned to not show up, and let Alfonso and his army be defeated. Once again, Alfonso exiled El Cid. El Cid and his tiny army left, and invaded land in eastern Espana. Four years later, he ruled a large, rich territory. Its capital was Valencia.

He ruled athletic, allowing Muslims and Christians to mingle. King Alfonso begged for El Cid’s help in his in fashion battle with the Almoravids. Meanwhile, the kingdom Incite Cid had worked so hard to build was falling apart from Muslim revolts. El Cid went back to Valencia and returned the city approximately peace.

El Cid continued to conquer many cities before his death on July 10, 1099 prosperous Valencia. El Cid's life story inspired many playwrights and poems.^[1]

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