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Tuesday, January 21st, 2025
the Second Week after Epiphany
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Alphonso II of Spain
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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ALPHONSO II . (789-842), his reputed grandson, bears the name of "the Chaste." The Arab writers who speak of the Spanish kings of the north-west as the Beni-Alfons, appear to recognize them as a royal stock derived from Alphonso I. The events of his reign are in reality unknown. Poets of a later generation invented the story of the secret marriage of his sister Ximena with Sancho, count of Saldana, and the feats of their son Bernardo del Carpio. Bernardo is the hero of a cantar de gesta (chanson de geste ) written to please the anarchical spirit of the nobles.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Alphonso II of Spain'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/a/alphonso-ii-of-spain.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Alphonso II of Spain'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/a/alphonso-ii-of-spain.html. 1910.
