Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameEl Cid Prince Of Valencia, 29G Grandfather
Birthabt 1043, Vivar, Burgos
Death10 Jun 1099, Valencia
BurialBurgos Cathedral
FatherDiego Lainez
Spouses
1Jimena Diaz, 29G Grandmother
Birthbef Jul 1046
Deathabt 1116
BurialBurgos Cathedral
FatherDiego Fernandez Count Of Oviedo (-~1046)
MotherCristina
Marriageabt 1075
ChildrenChristina Rodriguez
Notes for El Cid Prince Of Valencia
Actual name was Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar. The Moors called him El Cid, the Lord, and the Christians, El Comprador, the Champion.
Castilian nobleman and military leader in Spain.
He probably died as a result of the famine and deprivations when the Almoravids (Berber dynasty of Morocco.) besieged the city of Valencia.
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Cid
Castilian nobleman and military leader in Spain.
He probably died as a result of the famine and deprivations when the Almoravids (Berber dynasty of Morocco.) besieged the city of Valencia.
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Cid
Notes for Jimena Diaz (Spouse 1)
Dona Jimena Diaz, also spelled Ximena.
Ruled Valencia after her husband died, until her cousin Alfonso VI set fire to the city and abandoned it to the Almoravids as it was impossible to defend.
Ruled Valencia after her husband died, until her cousin Alfonso VI set fire to the city and abandoned it to the Almoravids as it was impossible to defend.