12) Henry of Burgundy. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...of a group of French nobles called by Alfonso VI of Leon to assist in the fight against the Moors, he arrived in Spain c.1095. He was assigned a portion of land previously...

13) Covadonga. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...nearby sometime between 718 and 725 was the first victory of the Christians over the Moors; it had great symbolic significance in the Christian reconquest of Spain....

14) Alfonso IX, Spanish king of Leon. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Spanish king of Leon (1188-1230), son and successor of Ferdinand II. He conquered from the Moors several cities in Estremadura and was frequently at war with Alfonso...

15) Fernan Gonzalez. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...As count of Burgos from c.930 he took advantage of Leonese divisions and the war against the Moors to establish the virtual independence of Castile from Leon. After...

16) Carmona. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...cattle, cereals, fruits, and olives. Ferdinand III of Castile took Carmona from the Moors in 1247 after a year-long siege. It has numerous examples of Gothic, Moorish,...

17) Viseu. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...textile industries. It is famous for its wine. It was founded by the Romans, captured by the Moors (893), and retaken (1058) from the Moors by Ferdinand I of Castile....

18) Pelayo. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...of Asturias and by Visigothic leaders who had escaped Tariq. His victory over the Moors at Covadonga sometime between 718 and 725 marked the beginning of Christian...

19) Alfonso III, Spanish king of Asturias. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...838?-911?, Spanish king of Asturias (866-911?). He recovered the territory of Leon from the Moors. The kingdom was consolidated in his reign, but after his forced...

20) Alfonso X, Spanish king of Castile and Leon. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...of Castile and Leon (1252-84); son and successor of Ferdinand III, whose conquests of the Moors he continued, notably by taking Cadiz (1262). His mother, Beatriz,...