Alfonso I "the Battler", King of Aragon

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military: 1090; He joined El Cid's expeditions in Valencia in 1090.
• Military: 1105; In 1105, he conquered Ejea and Tauste and refortified Castellar and Juslibol. In 1106, he defeated Ahmad II al-Musta'in of Zaragoza at Valtierra. In 1107, he took Tamarite de Litera and Esteban de la Litera.
• Title(s): 1109; With his marriage to Urraca, queen regnant of Castile, León, and Galicia, in 1109, he began to use, with some justification, the grandiose title Emperor of Spain, formerly employed by his father-in-law, Alfonso VI.
• Military: 1118; He won his greatest military successes in the middle Ebro, where he conquered Zaragoza in 1118 and took Ejea, Tudela, Calatayud, Borja, Tarazona, Daroca, and Monreal del Campo.
• Last Full Review: 11 Feb 2021

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Alfonso married Urraca "la Temeraria", Infanta of Castile and León, Countess of Galicia in Oct 1109 in Monzón Castle, Monzón, Aragon, Spain. Urraca (daughter of Alfonso VI of León and Castile "the Brave", King of Castile, León, and Navarre and Constance of Burgundy) was born in Apr 1079 in Burgos, Castile and León, Spain; died on 8 Mar 1126 in Saldaña, Palencia, Castile and León, Spain; was buried in Basilica of San Isidoro, León, Castile and León, Spain. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]