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Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar
Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar was a Castilian knight and ruler in medieval Spain. Fighting with both 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 Campeador. He was born in Vivar, a village near the city of Burgos.
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politics · Castilian warlord and Prince of Valencia from 1094 to 1099 · knight · mercenary · military personnel · politician · military leader · also Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, El Cid, El Cid Campeador, El Campeador, Vivar
Died 1099 · Q43958
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2026· 2 entries
Universiteit Leiden: From freshers’ nerves to ‘the best week ever’: EL CID begins
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2020· 1 entry
Amazon Prime Video premiered a Spanish TV series with Jaime Lorente starring as El Cid
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2019· 1 entry
Arturo Pérez-Reverte published the novel Sidi
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2007· 1 entry
The Autonomous Community of Castile and León bought the sword for €1
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2003· 1 entry
The Spanish animated film El Cid: The Legend was released
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1999· 1 entry
A small sample of the blade underwent metallurgical analysis which confirmed that the blade was made in Moorish Córdoba in the eleventh century and contained amounts of Damascus steel
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1980· 1 entry
Ruy, the Little Cid was an animated series based on El Cid's childhood made by Nippon Animation
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1979· 1 entry
Crack, one of the most prominent progressive rock bands from Spain, released their first and only album Si Todo Hiciera Crack including "Marchando una del Cid", a song based on the epic legend of El Cid
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1929· 1 entry
Chilean writer Vicente Huidobro published his poetic novel Mío Cid Campeador
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1890· 1 entry
On an opera, Rodrigue et Chimène, which he abandoned as unsuitable for his temperament; it was orchestrated for performance by Edison Denisov circa 1993
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1885· 1 entry
Based on Corneille's play of the same name
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1099· 1 entry
Died 1099.
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