Alfonso X, king of Castile and León (born 1221)

Alfonso X of Castile

King of Castile and León from 1252 to 1284

Alfonso X was King of Castile, León and Galicia from 1 June 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…