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Fortún Garcés Cajal
Fortún Garcés Cajal (died 1146) was a Kingdom of Navarre, Navarro-Kingdom of Aragon, Aragonese nobleman and statesman, perhaps "the greatest noble of Alfonso the Battler's reign". He was very wealthy in both land and money, and could raise two to three hundred knights for his retinue, funded both out of his treasury and enfeoffed on his lands. In 1113 Fortún replaced Diego López I de Haro in the large and important tenancy of Nájera and Viguera. He held it until 1135. After the death of Alfonso the Battler in 1134, Fortún became a vassal of King Alfonso VII of Castile. Lordships Fortún was probably born around 1075. Nothing is known of his life before he appears at the court of Alfonso the Battler in 1110. In that year he witnessed Alfonso's arbitration of a dispute between the diocese of Pamplona and the Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse, abbey of Saint-Sernin at Toulouse over possession of the church of Artajona. Thereafter, Fortún's rise was rapid. As a servant of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daroca - Castillo Mayor 2
Daroca is a city and municipality in the province of Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain, situated to the south of the city of Zaragoza. It is the center of a judicial district. It is located in the basin of Calatayud, in the valley of the Jiloca (river), Jiloca river. N-234 road (Spain), N-234 highway passes through Daroca. History According to certain writers, the primitive Celtiberians, Celtiberian village in this location was named Darek. The Romans named it Agiria, building a strong castle to defend the Laminium road, which passed through the village and connected Zaragoza with Valencia (city in Spain), Valencia. The Arabs gave it the name Calat-Darawca (862), and possessed it for 400 years, until Alfonso the Battler conquered it in 1120, and in 1141 issued a primitive legal code, which is unknown today. In the 12th century, Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona, Ramon Berenguer IV gave it the laws and privileges which made it the capital of the Community of Daroca, which had a great ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reconquista
The ''Reconquista'' (Spanish language, Spanish and Portuguese language, Portuguese for ) or the fall of al-Andalus was a series of military and cultural campaigns that European Christian Reconquista#Northern Christian realms, kingdoms waged against the al-Andalus, Muslim kingdoms following the Muslim conquest of the Iberian Peninsula by the Umayyad Caliphate, culminating in the reign of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain. The beginning of the ''Reconquista'' is traditionally dated to the Battle of Covadonga ( or 722), in which an Kingdom of Asturias, Asturian army achieved the first Christian victory over the forces of the Umayyad Caliphate since the beginning of the military invasion. The ''Reconquista'' ended in 1492 with the Granada War#Last stand at Granada, fall of the Nasrid kingdom of Granada to the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, Catholic Monarchs. In the late 10th century, the Umayyad vizier Almanzor waged a series of military campaigns for 30 years in order to subjugate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monzón
Monzón () is a small city and municipality in the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. Its population was 17,176 as of 2014. It is located at the confluence of the Cinca and Sosa rivers, in the Cinca Media comarca of the province of Huesca. Historical overview Prehistory and Classical Age The first evidence of continuous human occupation in the area of Monzón comes from Neolithic archaeological remains found in the Sosiles Altos and Peña Lucas deposits. Most vestiges of settlement come from the Bronze Age, when it is assumed that the Ilergetes settled the area between the rivers Cinca, Sosa, and Clamor. The defeat of the Ilergetes in the 3rd century BC led to the Romanization of the area from the 2nd century BC. The area was a key node connecting the cities of Caesaraugusta and Osca with Italy; remains of Roman dwellings have been found in the hills and cells of the Ermita de la Alegría (the Shrine of Joy). Middle Ages Muslim Era At the time of Muslim domination ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
García Ramírez Of Navarre
García Ramírez (), sometimes García IV, V, VI or VII ( 1112 – 21 November 1150), called the Restorer (, ), was the King of Navarre (Pamplona) from 1134. The election of García Ramírez restored the independence of the Navarrese kingdom after 58 years of political union with the Kingdom of Aragon. After some initial conflict he would align himself with king Alfonso VII of León and Castile, and as his ally take part in the Reconquista. Biography García was born to Ramiro Sánchez, lord of Monzón, whose own father Sancho was an illegitimate son of king García Sánchez III of Navarre. His mother was Cristina, daughter of the Castilian nobleman Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, better known as El Cid. He succeeded his father as lord of Monzón and also held Logroño. In 1134, a succession crisis arose in the united kingdoms of Navarre and Aragon. As a consequence of the 1076 murder of king Sancho IV of Navarre by his siblings, Navarre had been partitioned between Castile an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lope Cajal
Lope is an old given name of Basque, Gascon and Spanish origin, derived from Latin ''lupus'', meaning "wolf". Lope may refer to: *Lope de Isásaga (1493–1515), Basque Spanish ''conquistador'' *Lope de Aguirre (1510s – 1561), Basque Spanish ''conquistador'' *Lope de Vega (1562–1635), Spanish poet * Lope Martín, Spanish sailor *Lope Recio Loynaz (1860-1927), Cuban general * Lupo II of Gascony (died 778) * ''Lope'' (film), a 2010 film *Lope de Vega (horse), an Irish bred Thoroughbred racehorse *Lope language, a Loloish language of China * Lopé Department, Gabon * Lope, a type of canter and gallop in horseback riding See also * Lop (other) * Lõpe (other) * López * Loping Airfield, a World War II United States Army Air Forces airfield China * Luoping County, China * Lupe (other) * Ochoa Ochoa ( or ''Otsoa'') is a Spanishhttps://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=ochoa surname of Basque origin common throughout Spain, France, the Americas, and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaca
Jaca (; in Aragonese language, Aragonese: ''Chaca'' or ''Xaca'') is a city of northeastern Spain in the province of Huesca (province), Huesca, located near the Pyrenees and the border with France. Jaca is an ancient fort on the Aragón (river), Aragón River, situated at the crossing of two great early medieval routes, one from Toulouse to Santiago de Compostela and Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Pau to Zaragoza. Jaca was the city out of which the County of Aragon, County and Kingdom of Aragon developed. It was the first capital of the Kingdom of Aragon until 1096 and also the capital of Jacetania. Villages Besides Jaca town, there are a number of outlying villages in the municipality of Jaca, including the ski resort of Astún. History The origins of the city are obscure, but its name is apparently of Iacetani origin, as Strabo lists them as one of the most celebrated of the numerous small tribes inhabiting the Ebro basin. Strabo adds that their territory lay on the site of the w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Briviesca
Briviesca is a municipality and a Spanish city located in the north of the Iberian Peninsula, head of the judicial district of Briviesca, capital of the comarca of La Bureba and province of Burgos, autonomous community of Castile and León. According to the demographic data of 2017, the municipality has 6,861 inhabitants, being the 4th most populated in the province. The municipality of Briviesca is made up of five towns: Briviesca (seat or capital), Cameno, Quintanillabón, Revillagodos and Valdazo. The first settlements date back to the 1st century BC, when the Autrigones, that extended by all the current region of the Bureba and the Upper Ebro valley, established here their capital. Subsequently Briviesca, by then called Virovesca, was already considered an important nucleus of population, where the Romans inhabited in the crossroads of two important Roman roads. This location, and the boom, in the Middle Ages, of the Camino de Santiago, made Briviesca grow little by littl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodrigo Gómez (Castilian Nobleman)
Rodrigo Gómez (died 1146) was a Castilian nobleman and military leader under Alfonso VII. He governed large parts of Asturias and northern Castile, was involved in the politics with neighbouring Navarre, to whose royal family he was related by marriage, and took part in the ''Reconquista''. Although he was rewarded for loyalty by his sovereign on more than one occasion, he did take part in one brief rebellion, led by a relative. His was a branch of the Lara family. Biography Rodrigo was a son of Gómez González and Urraca Muñoz.Barton, 291. He married Elvira, a daughter of the Navarrese ''infante'' Ramiro Sánchez, sometime before 1137, when they made a joint donation of their villa (''palacio'' in contemporary records) at Villaverde to the monastery of San Salvador de Oña. In this donation Rodrigo expressed the wish that his gift would purchase eternal life for his lord, Alfonso VII.Barton, 207. Elvira outlived her husband by several years, making another donation to O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bureba
La Bureba is a ''Comarcas of Castile and León, comarca'' located in the northeast of the Province of Burgos in the autonomous community of Castile and León, Spain. It is bounded on the north by Las Merindades, east by the Comarca del Ebro, south-east by the Montes de Oca (comarca), Montes de Oca and south-west by the Alfoz de Burgos. Administrative entities The comarca capital is Briviesca. Municipalities (44) Source:In parentheses is the number of minor local entities from each municipality Geography La Bureba is criss-crossed by several small rivers and Arroyo (creek), arroyos that empty into the Ebro river: the Homino (creek), Homino, Oroncillo (creek), Oroncillo, Oca (river), Oca, and Tirón (river), Tirón. The mountain ranges of the northwesternmost end of the Sistema Ibérico are located in La Bureba. History See also * Provincia de Burgos, Province of Burgos Notes External links website of the Province of Burgos delegation Comarcas of the Province of B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rotrou III Of Perche
Rotrou III (bef. 1080 – 8 May 1144), called the Great (''le Grand''), was the Count of Perche and Mortagne from 1099. He was the son of Geoffrey II, Count of Perche, and Beatrix de Ramerupt, daughter of Hilduin IV, Count of Montdidier. He was a notable Crusader and a participant in the ''Reconquista'' in eastern Spain, even ruling the city of Tudela in Navarre from 1123 to 1131. He is commonly credited with introducing Arabian horses to the Perche, giving rise to the Percheron breed. By his creation of a monastery at La Trappe in memory of his wife, Matilda, daughter of Henry I of England, in 1122 he also laid the foundations of the later Trappists. First Crusade Rotrou took part in the First Crusade, travelling with the army of the duke of Normandy, Robert Curthose.For a summary of Rotrou's crusading experiences, see Jonathan Riley-Smith, ''The First Crusaders, 1095–1131'' (Cambridge, 1997), 144. The primary sources are Orderic Vitalis and William of Tyre. What influenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
