Professor Nora Berend

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213 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 10 Jul

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You're Dead to Me · El Cid (Radio Edit) · 10 Jul 2026 podcast

Yes, exactly.

So Spanish kingdoms at this time are joined, then separated, then joined again.

So, yeah.

So Fernando I, who was king of Leon Castile, left his realm, divided between his three sons when he died in 1065.

Oh, he did a King Lear.

So Sancho II, Alfonso VI and Garcia II.

And they immediately started fighting it out.

So first Alfonso and Sancho together defeated and exiled Garcia.

And then Sancho turned against Alfonso and defeated and exiled him.

And then he started besieging a fortress of his sister Urraca.

His sister as well.

met a very sticky end because apparently an assassin stuck a spear in his back.

That allowed Alfonso to return and claim the throne.

Alfonso VI.

He reunites León Castile.

Well, loyalty was definitely not Rodrigo's strong suit.

So you're quite right about sort of immediately wanting to kind of get on the good side of the king.

So, yeah, he basically switched to Alfonso's court and he became one of Alfonso's warriors.

Eventually, he fell out with Alfonso.

So Alfonso was the protector of one of these Muslim Taifa kingdoms, Toledo.

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