(Encyclopedia) AlmoravidsAlmoravidsălmôrˈəvĭdz [key], Berber Muslim dynasty that ruled Morocco and Muslim Spain in the 11th and 12th cent. The Almoravids may have originated in what is now Mauritania…
(Encyclopedia) Alexander VI, 1431?–1503, pope (1492–1503), a Spaniard (b. Játiva) named Rodrigo de Borja or, in Italian, Rodrigo Borgia; successor of Innocent VIII. He took Borja as his surname from…
(Encyclopedia) Espartero, Baldomero, duque de la Victoria, conde de LuchanaEspartero, Baldomero, duque de la Victoria, conde de Luchanabäldōmāˈrō āspärtāˈrō d&oomacr;ˈkā dā lä vēktōˈrēä kōnˈdā dā…
i.e. Torquato Tasso, the poet. (1544-1595.) (See Alfonso.) “And see how dearly earned Torquato's fame.” Lord Byron: Childe Harold. iv. 36. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…
(The). Alfonso V. of Aragon (1385, 1416-58). Chosroes or Khosru, twenty-first of the Sassanides, surnamed Noushirwan (the Magnanimous) (531-579). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable,…
The Brave. Alfonso IV. of Portugal (1290, 1324-1357). John Andr. van der Mersch, patriot, The brave Fleming (1734-1792). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…
759. A title given by Gregory III. to Alfonso I., King of Asturias. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Catholic ReliefCatholic League A B C D E F G H I…
Princess of Sicily, in love with Robert le Diable, but promised in marriage to the prince of Granada, who challenged Robert to mortal combat. Robert was allured from the combat by his…
(Order of) A military and religious order instituted in 1214 by Alfonso IX., King of Castile, to commemorate the taking of Alcantara from the Moors. The sovereign of Spain is ex-officio,…
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