Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈalβaɾ ˈnuɲeθ kaˈβeθa ðe ˈβaka] ; c. 1488/90/92 – after 19 May 1559) was a Spanish explorer of the...

Álvar Fáñez (or Háñez; died 1114) was a Leonese nobleman and military leader under Alfonso VI of León and Castile, becoming the nearly independent ruler...

1086, they faced the troops of Alfonso VI (who had to abandon the siege of Zaragoza) in the Battle of Sagrajas. Álvar Fáñez, who had been called from Valencia...

army, led by their king, Yusuf ibn Tashfin, and the forces of King Alfonso VI of Castile. The Almoravids were called into battle by the taifas, Muslim principalities...

Álvaro or Álvar (Galician: [ˈalβɐɾʊ], Portuguese: [ˈalvɐɾu, ˈawvaɾu], Spanish: [ˈalβaɾo]) is a Spanish, Galician and Portuguese male given name and surname...

architectural style, the temple is glorified by the Tamil poet-saints called the Alvars in their canon, the Naalayira Divya Prabhandam, and has the unique distinction...

a surname: Rodrigo Rodríguez Osorio and Álvar Rodríguez Osorio. The son of Rodrigo Rodríguez, also named Álvar Rodríguez Osorio, rose to prominence in...

Naalayira Divya Prabandham, the early medieval Tamil literature canon of the Alvar saints from the 6th to 9th centuries CE and is classified as among the 108...

Alvar 2008, p. 299. Alvar 2008, pp. 300–302. Salzman 1990, pp. 232–236. Turcan 1996, p. 128. Salzman 1990, p. 239. Salzman 1990, pp. 240–246. Alvar 2008...

Alvar of Orléans-Bourbon, b. 1969 Aiden of Orléans-Bourbon, b. 2009 Alvar James of Orléans-Bourbon, b. 1947 Andrew of Orléans-Bourbon, b. 1976 Alvar of...

daughters out of wedlock. With an unknown mistress, he had Agnes, who married Álvar Pérez de Azagra, 4th Lord of Albarracín. With Marquesa López de Rada, daughter...

other ships. The characters are next sent to the Merchant Guild of Alvar, in Alvar City. Here, Bastian Loudrin, the High Guildmaster, recruits the party...

basque word for brother), although the historical Álvar Fáñez remained in Castile with Alfonso VI.[citation needed] Babieca, or Bavieca, was El Cid's...

1572) was a Spanish Jesuit priest. The great-grandson of both Pope Alexander VI and King Ferdinand II of Aragon, he was Duke of Gandía and a grandee of Spain...

ibn Hud. Once again Alfonso VI sent troops, under the command of Álvar Fáñez to support him. In return, in 1086 Alfonso VI required his vassal to confront...

in the Nalayira Divya Prabandham, the early medieval Tamil canon of the Alvar saints from the 6th–9th centuries CE. It is one of the 108 Divya Desams...

of Vishnu revered in Nalayira Divya Prabandham by the 12 poet saints, or Alvars. This temple is along Kaveri and is one of the Pancharanga Kshetrams. The...

Cabrera-Urgell. Ponç I (Ponç IV of Cabrera) (1236–1243) Ermengol IX (1243) Àlvar I (1243–1267) Ermengol X (1267–1314) Ermengol X d'Urgell named his niece...

glorified in the Divya Prabandham, the early medieval Tamil canon of the Alvar saints from the 6th to 9th centuries CE. It is one of the 108 Divya Desams...

Narasimhavarman I (630-670 CE) who built the famous temples in the city. Thirumangai Alvar, the famous Vaishnavite saint mentions this place as Thirukadalmallai, referring...

Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. University of Pennsylvania. p. 192. Alvar, Jaime (2008). Romanising Oriental Gods: Myth, salvation, and ethics in...

in the Naalayira Divya Prabandham, the early medieval Tamil canon of the Alvar saints from the 6th–9th centuries CE. It is counted as the 60th of the 108...

obtain visas. Later members included Minnette de Silva, Walter Gropius, Alvar Aalto, Uno Åhrén, Louis Herman De Koninck (1929) and Fred Forbát. In 1941...

helped Alfonso counter the rise of the Almoravids. Manrique Pérez de Lara, Álvar Pérez and Nuño Pérez de Lara disputed the regency of Alfonso VIII, and Fernando...

in the Naalayira Divya Prabandham, the early medieval Tamil canon of the Alvar saints from the 6th–9th centuries CE. It is one of the 108 Divya Desams...

the grandson of Kashyapa. He is associated with the Shatapatha Brahmana (X.vi.iii.1) of the Shukla Yajurveda, with the Chandogya Upanishad (III.xiv.1) associated...

son, Diego, was killed in the battle. Soon after, the Castilian commander Alvar Fañez was also defeated near Cuenca in battle with another Almoravid army...

Kulottunga, Jayadhara and Rajendra. The epigraph states that Rajarajan-Kundavai-Alvar, the younger sister of Kulottunga gilded the Nataraja shrine and gifted...

and Manimekalai (cantos 5, 17 and 18), and the Alvar literature of Kulasekhara Alvar, Thirumangai Alvar, Andal and Nammalvar (dated between 5th and 10th...

regina. This charter was confirmed by several high-ranking noblemen: Duke Álvar Fáñez, Count Pedro Ansúrez, Count Gómez González, Count Froila Díaz, and...