biography
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Alfonso X
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nicknames Alfonso the Astronomer or Alfonso the Wise
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1221–84)
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| biography:
| King of León and Castile (1252–84), born in Burgos, NC Spain. He captured Cadiz and Algarve from the Moors, and thus united Murcia with Castile. The founder of a Castilian national literature, he caused the first general history of Spain to be composed in Castilian, as well as a translation of the Old Testament to be made by Toledo Jews. His great code of laws (Siete Partidas) and his planetary table were of major importance. In 1282, he lost power following a rising under his son, Sancho IV. |
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