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    Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar (c. 1043 – 10 July 1099) was a Castilian knight and ruler in medieval Spain. Fighting both with Christian and Muslim armies during...
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    was the birthplace of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, El Cid, as first written in the Castilian epic poem Cantar de Mio Cid. San Antonio de Padua (June 13) Homage...
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  • El Cid: The Legend (category Films scored by Zacarías M. de la Riva)
    written and directed by José Pozo. It is based on the story of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, also known as El Cid. Ben Yusuf invades the Muslim Taifa of Zaragoza...
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  • countess consort of Barcelona. Daughter of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, more commonly known as El Cid Campeador and Jimena Díaz. Sources associated with the legend...
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  • Rodrigo Díaz may refer to: Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, commonly known as El Cid Rodrigo Díaz de los Cameros, troubadour Rodrigo Ezequiel Díaz (born 1981), Argentine...
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    Based on a true story, it tells of the deeds of the Castilian hero Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar—known as El Cid—and takes place during the eleventh century, an...
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    wife Cristina. She was a sister of Fernando Díaz, Count of Asturias. Upon marrying Rodrigo Díaz, Jimena Díaz accompanied her husband although it has remained...
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    Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar y Mendoza, (c. 1466, Guadalajara – February 22, 1523, Valencia) was a Spanish noble of the House of Mendoza. He was the firstborn...
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    Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar Gómez de Sandoval y Mendoza (4 April 1614 – 14 January 1657) was a Spanish noble of the House of Mendoza and the 7th Duke of the...
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  • loosely based on the life of the 11th-century Castilian warlord Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, called "El Cid" (from the Arabic al-sidi, meaning "The Lord")....
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  • (died 15 August 1097) was the only son of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, El Cid Campeador, and his wife, Jimena Díaz. The earliest reference to El Cid's son is...
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  • Bermúdez de Cea. Distinguished with the title of Count at an early age, Diego was the father of Jimena Díaz, wife of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar El Cid. Count...
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  • was Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, and whose father's given name was Diego.[full citation needed] As of 2014, 21.5% of all known bearers of the surname Díaz were...
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  • Rodrigo becomes current in the later medieval period. It is recorded in the Cantar de Mio Cid, written c. 1200, as the name of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar (c...
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    Tizona (category Bienes de Interés Cultural)
    Tizón) is the name of one of the swords carried by Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, El Cid, according to the Cantar de Mio Cid. The name of the second sword of El Cid...
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    House of Mendoza (category House of Lasso de la Vega)
    of the Mendozas. Born in 1499, he was the youngest son of Juan Hurtado Díaz de Mendoza y Salcedo, Lord of Legarda, Salcedo, and the Bujada, major of Vizcaya...
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    three days until releasing them to return to Castile. "Battles of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar "el Cid"". Archived from the original on 2015-01-07. Retrieved 2010-03-20...
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    Burgos (redirect from Museo de Burgos)
    of the embryonic County of Castile. The 11th century chieftain Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar (El Cid) had connections with the city: born near Burgos, he was...
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  • Cid is a Spanish historical action drama television series about Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar "El Cid", the 11th-century Castilian knight and warlord. Created...
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    Castle of Torrelobatón (category Bien de Interés Cultural landmarks in the Province of Valladolid)
    Cid with Charlton Heston the castle played the role of Vivar, hometown of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar - El Cid. The castle was begun in 1406, when Don Alfonso...
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    people associated with the Barony include the Castilian nobleman Don Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, better known as El Cid Campeador. Its origins date back to the...
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  • Díaz de Vivar y González de Buendía (9 October 1740 — 1820) was a Spanish soldier and official who served in the Viceroyalty of Río de la Plata. Díaz...
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    The Battle of Bairén was fought between the forces of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, also known as "El Cid", in coalition with Peter I of Aragon, against the...
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  • daughter of count Fernando Bermúdez de Cea. He was the paternal grandfather of Jimena Díaz, wife of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar El Cid, and the direct ancestor...
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  • Cristina Rodríguez (born c. 1075) was a daughter of Rodrigo Díaz also known as El Cid and Jimena Díaz. In 1099 or earlier, she married Ramiro Sánchez of...
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  • 1080 until his death. He is famous in literature as the rival of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, the Cid, whose high position at court he took over after the Cid's...
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    Navarre. His mother was Cristina, daughter of the Castilian nobleman Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, better known as El Cid. He succeeded his father as lord of Monzón...
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    11th-century poem Cantar del Mio Cid, which featured the character Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, and from the 1982 Literary Nobel Prize winner journalist and novelist...
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    the Mediterranean coast. It follows the history and the legend of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, El Cid Campeador, a medieval knight of the 11th century and one...
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    his elder brother Rodrigo before him were also Counts of Asturias. His younger sister Jimena was the wife of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, el Cid. Fernando's...
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