Alfonso the Battler, King of Aragon, was one of Christian Spain’s greatest and most energetic warrior kings. His reign came almost immediately in the wake of the First Crusade, and he was so inspired by the victory at the Holy Sepulcher, he committed himself to crusading in his own kingdom against the Moors, even establishing his own orders of brother-knights in the style of the Knights Templar. Alfonso’s may have been the first Spanish monarch to receive a Crusade bull from the pope, and his campaigns attracted crusaders from France. The crowning achievement of his reign was the conquest of Zaragoza.
24 December 2019
Alfonso the Battler - Crusader King
Real Crusades History #36
Alfonso the Battler, King of Aragon, was one of Christian Spain’s greatest and most energetic warrior kings. His reign came almost immediately in the wake of the First Crusade, and he was so inspired by the victory at the Holy Sepulcher, he committed himself to crusading in his own kingdom against the Moors, even establishing his own orders of brother-knights in the style of the Knights Templar. Alfonso’s may have been the first Spanish monarch to receive a Crusade bull from the pope, and his campaigns attracted crusaders from France. The crowning achievement of his reign was the conquest of Zaragoza.
Alfonso the Battler, King of Aragon, was one of Christian Spain’s greatest and most energetic warrior kings. His reign came almost immediately in the wake of the First Crusade, and he was so inspired by the victory at the Holy Sepulcher, he committed himself to crusading in his own kingdom against the Moors, even establishing his own orders of brother-knights in the style of the Knights Templar. Alfonso’s may have been the first Spanish monarch to receive a Crusade bull from the pope, and his campaigns attracted crusaders from France. The crowning achievement of his reign was the conquest of Zaragoza.
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