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    Vivar, or Vivar del Cid, is a village of approximately 260 inhabitants, part of the municipality of Quintanilla Vivar, located 7 kilometers (4.3 mi) away...
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    evolve into El Çid (Spanish: [el ˈθið], Old Spanish: [el ˈts̻id]), and the Spanish honorific El Campeador ("the Champion"). He was born in Vivar, a village...
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    the Castilian hero and knight in medieval Spain Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar—known as El Cid—and takes place during the eleventh century, an era of conflicts...
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  • Vivar, called "El Cid" (from the Arabic al-sidi, meaning "The Lord"). The film stars Charlton Heston in the title role and Sophia Loren as El Cid's wife...
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  • the 11th-century Castilian knight and warlord Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, better known as El Cid. Ben Yusuf invades the Muslim Taifa of Zaragoza, as the beginning...
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  • El Cid is a 2020 Spanish historical action drama television series about Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar "El Cid", the 11th-century Castilian knight and warlord...
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    life of the Spanish warrior Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, who lived approximately from 1043 until 1099. The real "Cid" seems to have fought for both Muslims and...
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    of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, El Cid Campeador, a medieval knight of the 11th century and one of Spain’s greatest characters. El Cid is not only a literary...
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  • province of Burgos, Castile and León, Spain. The village of Vivar del Cid, reputed birthplace of El Cid, is included in the municipality. According to the 2009...
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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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  • 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 in the Historia Roderici...
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  • all the Leonese nobles. Meanwhile, little Rodrigo (Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar or El Cid) dreams of being a brave knight. Claudio Rodriguez as Narrator Ana...
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    The Coronica del Çid Ruy Diaz, commonly called the Crónica popular del Cid, is an anonymous Spanish biography of El Cid published with woodcut illustrations...
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    Crónica del famoso cavallero Cid Ruy Díez Campeador, commonly called the Crónica particular del Cid, is a 15th-century Spanish biography of El Cid. Juan...
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    Jimena Díaz (category El Cid)
    Torres Sevilla-Quiñones de León, Margarita Cecilia (2000–2002). "El linaje del Cid" (PDF). Anales de la Universidad de Alicante. Historia Medieval (in Spanish)...
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    Battle of Bairén (category El Cid)
    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 forces of...
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    Cristina, daughter of the Castilian nobleman Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, better known as El Cid. He succeeded his father as lord of Monzón and also held Logroño...
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    Tizona (category Cantar de mio Cid)
    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 is Colada. A sword identified...
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  • 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 Pamplona...
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    Colada (category Cantar de mio Cid)
    Colada is one of the two best-known swords, along with Tizona, of El Cid. Won in combat from the Count of Barcelona, the sword was presented (along with...
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    Cardinal Pedro González de Mendoza and went on to become the 1st Conde del Cid and the 1st Marquis of Cenete, a title he held from 1491 until his death...
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    headed by Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, a Castilian noble and mercenary better known today as El Cid. In October 1092, when El Cid was away from the city, there...
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    Le Cid is an opera in four acts and ten tableaux by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Adolphe d'Ennery, Louis Gallet and Édouard Blau. It is based...
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  • early age, Diego was the father of Jimena Díaz, wife of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar El Cid. Count Diego first married Elvira Ovéquiz, daughter of Count Oveco Sánchez...
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    Henares river. It is sometimes called "Castle of Cid" as it is mentioned in the poem Cantar del Mio Cid. Built in ashlar stone, it has a rectangular shape...
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    Battle of Cabra (category El Cid)
    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. Chaytor...
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  • and María González. He was a descendant of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, better known as El Cid. Transferred to the Río de la Plata, he served as a soldier...
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  • Manrique (1474–1476) Viso del Marqués – Álvaro de Bazán, 2nd Marquis of Santa Cruz Vivar del Cid – Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, El Cid Zaragoza (Latin: Caesaraugusta)...
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    El Cid Campeador is an outdoor equestrian statue depicting the 11-century Spanish knight and warlord El Cid by artist Anna Hyatt Huntington, architect...
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    Castilian knight and warlord Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar "El Cid" in the historical Amazon Prime Video series El Cid. In addition to acting, Lorente has published...
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