El Cid
Spanish military leader
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Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar was a Castilian knight and ruler in medieval Spain. Fighting both with Christian and Muslim armies during his lifetime, he earned the Arabic honorific as-Sayyid, which would evolve into El Çid, and the Spanish honorific El... Wikipedia
Born: Vivar del Cid, Spain
Died: July 10, 1099, Valencia, Spain
Place of burial: Burgos Cathedral, Burgos, Spain
Spouse: Jimena Díaz (m. 1074–1099)
Parents: Diego Laínez and Diego Flaínez
Grandchildren: García Ramírez of Navarre, Ximena de Barcelona i de Díaz, and Elvira de Navarre
Children: María Rodríguez de Vivar, Diego Rodríguez, and Cristina Rodríguez