El Cid
El Cid was a famous military leader in eleventh century Spain.
He was originally named Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar and was given his nickname,
El Cid (“The Lord”), by the Moors. He was born about 1043 at Vivar near
Burgos, Spain. He was the son of a minor Castilian nobleman and grew up in
the court of Ferdinand I.
When Ferdinand I died, his older son, Sancho II of Castile, became
king. El Cid became …
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…control of Spain. The
epic poem, El cantar de mío Cid (The Song of the Cid), written in the twelfth
century, described his heroic deeds.
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