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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 737 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ALPHONSUS A SANCTA MARIA, or See also:

ALPHONSO DE See also:CARTAGENA (1396—1456)  , See also:Spanish historian, was See also:born at Carthagena, and succeeded his See also:father, See also:Paulus, as See also:bishop of See also:Burgos . In 1431 he was deputed by See also:John II., See also:king of See also:Castile, to attend the See also:council of See also:Basel, in which he made himself conspicuous by his learning . He was the author of several See also:works, the See also:principal of which is entitled Rerum Hispanorum Romanorum imperatorum, summorum pontificum, nec non regum Francorum anacephaleosis . This is a See also:history of See also:Spain from the earliest times down to 1456, and was printed at See also:Granada in 1545, and also in the Rerum Hispanicarum Scriptores See also:aliquot, by R . See also:Bel (See also:Frankfort, 1579) . Alphonsus died on the 12th of See also:July 1456 .

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