El Cid

A detailed Summary of El Cid


El Cid was a famous military leader in eleventh century Spain.

He was originally named Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar and was given his nickname,

El Cid ("The Lord"), by the Moors. He was born about 1043 at Vivar near

Burgos, Spain. He was the son of a minor Castilian nobleman and grew up in

When Ferdinand I died, his older son, Sancho II of Castile, became

king. El Cid became famous when he fought with a knight from Aragon for

control of the city of Zaragoza. In 1072, Sancho II was assas



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