Monday, March 3, 2014

Alfonso X






  • NAME: Alfonso X
  • OCCUPATION: Scholar, King
  • BIRTH DATE: November 23, 1221
  • DEATH DATE: April 02, 1285
  • PLACE OF BIRTH: Burgos, Spain
  • PLACE OF DEATH: Sevilla, Spain 

Alfonso X was born Nov. 23, 1221, in Burgos, Castile. He was King of Castile and León from 1252–84. He claimed the title of Holy Roman emperor, but Gregory X persuaded him to renounce the claim. His second son succeded him as Sancho IV. Alfonso's court was a center of culture, producing the law code, the Siete Partidas, and establishing the form of modern Castilian Spanish. He died in 1284.

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