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GIL ALVAREZ DE ALBORNOZ

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ALVAREZ DE
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ALBORNOZ  ,
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Spanish
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cardinal, was
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born at
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Cuenca
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early in the 14th
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century . He was the son of Gil
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Alvarez de
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Albornoz and of Dona Teresa de
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Luna,
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sister of Kimeno de Luna,
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archbishop of
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Toledo . He was educated at Saragosa, while his
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uncle was
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bishop of that see, and studied
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law at
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Toulouse . The powerful
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influence of his
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family opened him a public career early in
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life . He was made
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archdeacon of Calatrava, and became a member of the
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king's
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council while
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young . In 133 7 he was chosen archbishop of Toledo in
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succession to his uncle by the favour of the king,
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Alphonso XI . At the
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battle of
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Tarifa he fought against a
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great invasion from
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Africa in 1340, and at thedes Xirchenstaates, by Dr H . J . Wurm (1892) .

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