ALFONSO X
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This quotation illustrates the broad intellectual interests of Alfonso which was very rare for rulers and aristocrats of the day.
Alfonso the Learned. He personally wrote a History of Spain up to the time.
On April 12, 1931 Alfonso called for municipal elections to gauge the republican versus monarchist support. The result was an overwhelming and surprising majority of popular support for a republic.
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Alfonso X was the king of Castile, León and Galicia from 30 May 1252 until his death in 1284. During the election of 1257, a dissident faction chose him to be king of Germany on 1 April. He renounced his claim to Germany in 1275, and in creating an alliance with the Kingdom of England in 1254, his claim on the Duchy of Gascony as well.
