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Alfonso VI (1065–1109)  The city walls of San Segundo, Avila, Spain, built by Moorish prisoners for King Alfonso VI between 1090 and 1099. The Moors, Muslim invaders, entered Spain from North Africa in 711, conquering much of it, and it was not until 1492 that they were finally driven out. | King of León 1062–70 and of reunited León and Castile 1072–1109. He led organized resistance to the Moors. He was, however, defeated by the Almoravids at Zalaca 1086. |
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