See also:

• ALPHONSO

ALPHONSO VII  ., " the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

Emperor " (1126–1157), is a dignified and somewhat enigmatical figure . A vague tradition had always assigned the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of emperor to the See also:

• SOVEREIGN

sovereign who held See also:

• LEON
• LEON, LUIS PONCE DE (1527-1591)
• LEON, MOSES BEN SI
• LEON, or LEON DE LAS ALDAMAS

Leon as the most See also:

• DIRECT

direct representative of the Visigoth See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings, who were themselves the representatives of the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• EMPIRE

empire . But though given in charters, and claimed by See also:

• ALPHONSO

Alphonso VI. and the Battler, the title had been little more than a flourish of See also:

• RHETORIC (Gr. psroperctj TEXvq, the art of the orator)

rhetoric . Alphonso VII. was crowned emperor in 1135 after the See also:

• DEATH

death of the Battler . The weakness of See also:

• ARAGON, or ARRAGON (in Span. Aragon)

Aragon enabled him to make his superiority effective . He appears to have striven. for the formation of a See also:

• NATIONAL

national unity, which See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain had never possessed since the fall of the Visigoth See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom . The elements he had to See also:

• DEAL

deal with could not be welded together . Alphonso was at once a See also:

• PATRON

patron of the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church, and a See also:

• PROTECTOR

protector if not a favourer of the Mahommedans, who formed a large See also:

• PART

part of his subjects . His reign ended in an unsuccessful See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign against the rising See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power of the See also:

• ALMOHADES (properly Muwahhadis, i.e. " Unitarians," the name being corrupted through the Spanish)

Almohades . Though he was not actually defeated, his death in the pass of Muradel in the Sierra Morena, while on his way back to See also:

• TOLEDO
• TOLEDO, COUNCILS OF (Concilia toletana)

Toledo, occurred in circumstances which showed that no See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man could be what he claimed to he—" See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of the men of the two religions." His See also:

• PERSONAL

personal See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character does not stand out with the emphasis of those of Alphonso VI. or the Battler . Yet he was a See also:

• GREAT

great king, the type and to some extent the victim of the confusions of his See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age—See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian in creed and ambition, but more than See also:

• HALF

half See also:

• ORIENTAL

oriental in his See also:

• HOUSEHOLD, ROYAL

household .