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Born 1042?
Died March 22, 1090 • Spain
Title / Office king (1065-1071), Galicia
Notable Family Members father Ferdinand I • brother Sancho II • brother Alfonso VI
Fernando Rey
Spanish actor
Garci Ordóñez Rodríguez de Montalvo
Spanish writer
Celedonio Romero
Spanish-American musician and composer
Joaquín Churriguera
Spanish architect
José Benito Churriguera
Spanish architect
Serafín Álvarez Quintero
Spanish writer
Alberto Churriguera
Spanish architect
Joaquín Álvarez Quintero
Spanish writer
Juan Bermúdez
Spanish navigator
Vicente Martínez Ybor
Spanish-born merchant
Concha Espina de Serna
Spanish author
Francisco Tárrega
Spanish musician
Francisco Garcés
Spanish missionary
Miguel Induráin
Spanish cyclist
Miguel de Cervantes
Miguel de Cervantes
Spanish writer
Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso
Spanish artist
Diego Velázquez
Diego Velázquez
Spanish painter
Charles V
Charles V
Holy Roman emperor
Statue of Averroës (Ibn Rushd)
Averroës
Muslim philosopher
Burial of the Count de Orgaz
El Greco
Spanish artist

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