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    Alfonso IX (15 August 1171 – 23 or 24 September 1230) was King of León from the death of his father Ferdinand II in 1188 until his own death. He took steps...
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  • Pierre-Paul Brucker (1889). L'Alsace et l'Église au temps du pape saint Léon IX (Bruno d'Egisheim) 1002–1054 (in French). Strasbourg: F.-X. Le Roux. p...
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    Kingdom of León (1157–1230) were Ferdinand II and Alfonso IX. Fernando II led León's conquest of Mérida, a city dating from Roman times. Alfonso IX, besides...
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  • alongside her younger sister, Dulce. The eldest child and daughter of Alfonso IX of León by his first wife, Teresa of Portugal, Sancha was made co-heiress following...
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    Pope Pius IX (Italian: Pio IX; né Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti; 13 May 1792 – 7 February 1878) was head of the Catholic Church from 1846 to 1878. His...
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    artist "Gérôme, Jean-Léon" . New International Encyclopedia. 1906. "Gérôme, Jean Léon" . The American Cyclopædia. 1879. Jean-Léon Gérôme in American public...
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    documented example of a parliamentary system. After coming to power, King Alfonso IX, facing an attack by his neighbours, Castile and Portugal, decided to summon...
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    for churches in Lorraine: in Meurthe-et-Moselle: at the Church of Saint-Léon-IX in Nancy (neo-Gothic casework), Church of Saint-Nicolas in Nancy, Church...
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    of Pedro Ponce de Cabrera and Aldonza Alfonso de León, illegitimate daughter of King Alfonso IX of Leon. The house held several important titles in the...
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     1192 – August 1214) was the eldest son and heir apparent of Alfonso IX of León by his first wife, Theresa, daughter of Sancho I of Portugal. He predeceased...
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  • Brienne, Latin Emperor of Constantinople. She was a daughter of Alfonso IX of León and Berengaria of Castile. She was a younger sister of Ferdinand III of...
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    addition, UNESCO granted the 1188 Cortes of Alfonso IX the title of "Memory of the World" and the city of Leon has been recognized as the "Cradle of Parliamentarism"...
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    The Viscounty or County of Léon (Breton: Kontelezh Leon) was a feudal state in extreme western Brittany in the High Middle Ages. Though nominally a vassal...
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    Castile from 1217 and King of León from 1230 as well as King of Galicia from 1231. He was the son of Alfonso IX of León and Berenguela of Castile. Through...
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    commissioned by the king's heir, Alfonso IX of León. Ferdinand II and his first wife, Urraca of Portugal, had one son: Alfonso IX (15 August 1171 – 23/24 September...
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    Viscount Léon de Poncins (3 November 1897 – 18 December 1975) was a French aristocrat and a traditional Catholic journalist and essayist. He authored numerous...
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    Legio IX Hispana ("9th Hispanian Legion"), also written as Legio VIIII Hispana, was a legion of the Imperial Roman army that existed from the 1st century...
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    Berengaria of Castile (category Queens consort of Leon)
    Castile for a brief time in 1217, and Queen of León from 1197 to 1204 as the second wife of King Alfonso IX. As the eldest child and heiress presumptive...
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    Léon-Albert Arnaud (15 February 1853 – 27 March 1915) was a French chemist born in Paris. From 1872 he worked as an assistant in the laboratory of Michel...
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    and became pervasive during reigns of Ferdinand II (1157-1188) and Alfonso IX (1188-1230). The first reference to the lion as personal emblem of the monarch...
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    Alfonso IX of León. The descendants of this marriage added the "de León" to their patronymic and were known thereafter by the name Ponce de León. Although...
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    at the Wayback Machine Service 2010, p. 62. L. Trotsky. "My Life, Chapter IX". Marxists Internet Archive. Perritt, Henry H. Jr. (2010). The Road to Independence...
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  • Aldonza Alfonso de León (c. 1215–1266) was an illegitimate daughter of King Alfonso IX of León and his mistress Aldonza Martínez de Silva. She married...
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    Montaigu, Palluau and La Garnache. Daughter of Harvey VI, Lord of Léon, Lord of Léon, Châteauneuf-en-Thymerais and Hacqueville, and Matilda of Poissy (...
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    including Emperor Henry VI, King Tancred of Sicily, and King Alfonso IX of León. Giacinto Bobone was born into the noble Orsini family in Rome. He was...
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    Castilian–Leonese War (1196–1197) (category Kingdom of León)
    kingdoms of Leon, Navarre and the Almohad Caliphate against the kingdoms of Castile and Aragon. In the middle of the conflict, Alfonso IX of León was accused...
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    player Adrianne León (born 1987), American actress Aldonza Alfonso de León (c. 1215–1266), illegitimate daughter of King Alfonso IX of León and his mistress...
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    catedral de León (siglos IX-X) (1st ed.). Salamanca: Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca. ISBN 84-7481-160-0. Torres Sevilla-Quiñones de León, Margarita...
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    Truth Coming Out of Her Well (category Paintings by Jean-Léon Gérôme)
    killed by liars and actors, 1895) by Jean-Léon Gérôme. Truth at the Bottom of a Well (study, 1895) by Jean-Léon Gérôme, Musée Georges-Garret. Truth is at...
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  • Christophe Chabouté, Éditions Paquet 2003: Christian comic award: Voyage vers Léon IX by Francis Keller and Thierry Wintzner, Editions du Signe Special mention:...
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