the ledger of connections
The Connections of Alfonso VI of Leon
King of León (1065 to 1109), of Castile (1072 to 1109), and of Galicia (1071 to 1109) Every person recorded alongside Alfonso VI of Leon in the archive: family, teachers, students, influences, and the contemporaries who shared the same years.
Family & Connections
People recorded alongside Alfonso VI of Leon in the ledgers of the archive.
- Parents
- Ferdinand I of León and Castile, Sancha of León
- Spouses
- Agnes of Aquitaine, Queen of León and Castile, Constance of Burgundy, Zaida of Seville, Bertha of Leon, Isabella, Queen of Leon, Beatrix of Poitiers
- Children
- Urraca of Leon, Elvira of Castile, Theresa of León, Sancho Alfónsez, Elvira of Leon, Sancha of Castile
- Siblings
- Sancho II of León and Castile, García II of Galicia, Urraca of Zamora, Elvira of Toro
Alive in the same years
Records in the archive whose lifetimes overlapped the years 1040 to 1109.
Medieval era
Al-Ghazali
1058 – December 19, 1111
Persian Sunni Muslim scholar and mystic (c.1058–1111)
Medieval era
Hildegard of Bingen
1098 – September 17, 1179
German Benedictine abbess, polymath, mystic and Doctor of Church (1098–1179)
Medieval era
William the Conqueror
November 8, 1028 – September 9, 1087
King of England from 1066 to 1087, Duke of Normandy from 1035 to 1087 (1028–1087)
Medieval era
Al-Biruni
September 4, 973 CE – December 9, 1048
11th-century Persian scholar and polymath (973–1048)
Medieval era
Omar Khayyam
May 18, 1048 – December 4, 1131
Persian mathematician and poet (1048–1131)
Medieval era
Ali Hujwiri
1009 – September 25, 1072
Sufi mystic
Medieval era
Abdul Qadir Gilani
March 17, 1078 – February 14, 1166
Sunni Muslim preacher, mystic and jurist (1078–1166)
Medieval era
Rabia Balkhi
b. c. 1000
Persian poet, first woman poet of Islamic period
Medieval era
Yue Fei
March 24, 1103 – January 27, 1142
Song dynasty general, killed by royal decree from the Emperor Gaozong of Song (1103–1142)
Medieval era
Su Shi
January 8, 1037 – August 24, 1101
Chinese writer and politician (1037–1101)
Medieval era
Li Qingzhao
March 19, 1084 – May 19, 1155
Chinese Song Dynasty poet, known as "the most talented woman in all ages"
Medieval era
Anawrahta
May 11, 1014 – April 11, 1077
Founder of the Pagan Empire