Álvar Fáñez Minaya, a loyal vassal and commander under Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, El Cid, during the latter's exile and his conquest of Valencia. Álvar derived...

The Tower of Álvar Fáñez (Spanish: Torreón de Álvar Fáñez) is a tower located in Guadalajara, Spain, which served as part of the city's medieval defences...

from 1764 to 1778 Álvaro XIV of Kongo, King of Kongo from 1891 to 1896 Álvar Fáñez (died 1114), Leonese military leader Álvaro Núñez de Lara (died 1218)...

Alfonso VI as king of the Taifa of Valencia under the protection of Álvar Fáñez. To facilitate this operation and to recover payment of the parias owed...

man who served him as his closest adviser was his vassal and kinsman Álvar Fáñez "Minaya" (meaning "My brother", a compound word of Spanish possessive...

Guadalquivir valley early in the year, and then defeat a Castilian force under Álvar Fáñez who were attempting to aid Al-Mutamid of Seville. In September Seville...

forces in the difficult moments of the initial Castilian charge led by Alvar Fañez. Those killed included a very popular imam from Córdoba, Abu-l-Abbas...

Rodrigo without honor. Rodrigo flees to Zaragoza, where his friends Álvar Fáñez and Garcés, along with Al-Mu'tamin, reunite with him. At Al-Mu'tamin's...

23 October. The Moors under Yusuf ibn Tashfin defeat Alfonso VI and Álvar Fáñez at the Battle of Sagrajas. 1087 Spring. A French military campaign led...

of Rodrigo Fernández de Castro and his wife Elo Álvarez, daughter of Álvar Fáñez and his wife Mayor Pérez, daughter of Count Pedro Ansúrez. King Alfonso...

took advantage of the battle to revolt. The only count to escape was Álvar Fáñez, who led a large body of horse north to organise the defence of the upper...

al-Mustazhir and Ismah. Abu al-Mu'in al-Nasafi, Arab theologian (or 1115) Álvar Fáñez (or Háñez), Castilian nobleman Alypius of the Caves, Kievan monk and...

again, having achieved nothing. Alfonso VI sent his trusted commander, Alvar Fañez, to pressure the Taifa kings again. He succeeded in forcing Abdallah...

offering no resistance. Tradition claims however that a contingent led by Álvar Fáñez de Minaya (one of the lieutenants of El Cid) seized the city on 24 June...

al-Mu'taman 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...

century, Beatriz de Portugal) La tierra de Alvar Fañez by Antonio Pérez Henares (11th century, Álvar Fáñez) El Rey Pequeño by Antonio Pérez Henares (11th...

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

wife of Count Pedro Ansúrez Eylo Álvarez (fl. 1114–1148), daughter of Álvar Fáñez and wife of Rodrigo Fernández de Castro Manuel Mañueco Villalobos and...

held by some officers of the Navarrese dynasty of Castile and León, and Álvar Fáñez or Fortún Sánchez in the Ebro valley performed similar services in detached...

of Rodrigo Fernández de Castro and his wife Elo Álvarez, daughter of Álvar Fáñez and Mayor Pérez. His mother, Stephanie "the Unfortunate", was an illegitimate...

Muño Fernández and Elvira. Rodrigo married Urraca Álvarez, daughter of Álvar Fáñez and Mayor Pérez, a daughter of Pedro Ansúrez. Rodrigo and his wife were...

was the son of Rodrigo Vélaz and Urraca Álvarez, perhaps a daughter of Álvar Fáñez and Mayor Pérez, daughter of Pedro Ansúrez. He married Sancha, an illegitimate...

once [es] La prueba de la fidelidad (15 September 1968) Cómo se casó Álvar Fáñez (5 September 1970) El viudo Lowell (24 July 1971) La falsa amante (11...

Medinaceli (Cogolludo) Salt mine of Imón Santa Maria de Ovila Tower of Álvar Fáñez "Pero… ¿qué es un BIC?". 28 December 2009. Archived from the original...

of Rodrigo Fernández de Castro the bald and Eylo Álvarez, daughter of Álvar Fáñez, and of the Countess Mayor Perez, was a Castilian nobleman of the lineage...

Alfonso acceded to the throne in 1072. In 1097 Alfonso VI appointed Álvar Fáñez mayor of Zorita, although he was defeated in 1110 by Almoravid troops...

al-Mustazhir and Ismah. Abu al-Mu'in al-Nasafi, Arab theologian (or 1115) Álvar Fáñez (or Háñez), Castilian nobleman Alypius of the Caves, Kievan monk and...

before his name. This name, popularised by the Cantar de Mio Cid for Álvar Fáñez Minaya, is a mix of Romance and Basque parts meaning "my brother". It...

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

Entrepeñas, while they had three daughters, Mayor, married to count Álvar Fáñez, María, married to Ermengol V, Count of Urgell, and Urraca. With his...