lfonso VII (Alfonso the Emperor), 1104-57, Spanish king of Castile and Leon (1126-57), son and successor of Urraca. He recovered the places in Castile which his stepfather, Alfonso I of Aragon, had occupied. Soon he gained supremacy over the other Christian states in Spain. In 1135, he had himself crowned emperor in Leon. His many victories over the Moors had no permanent results; the most famous were the conquests of Córdoba (1146) and Almería (1147). Alfonso left Castile to his son Sancho III (reigned 1157-58) and Leon to his son Ferdinand II. [The Illustrated Columbia Encyclopedia, 1969]

Alfonso VII "Pierre-Raimund." [GADD.GED]

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