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198: 315: 46: 216:"I did not beget a son to be made use of against my country, but that he should serve her against her foes. Should Don Juan put him to death, he will but confer honour on me, true life on my son, and on himself eternal shame in this world and everlasting wrath after death." 148:. A direct descendant of Guzmán, she said that she believed his history might have been "cleaned up" in the sixteenth century to alter his origins. She thought that would have made the hero more palatable to Spain's Christian society. 145: 140:. Historians have since speculated that he was a Muslim. In a permit to export wheat signed in 1288, Guzmán was given permission to export the crop to where "he is from", very likely in 28: 242: 164: 194:, Sancho's rebellious brother. Guzmán's son had been placed under the care of Don Juan, who threatened to kill the captive unless Guzmán surrendered the city. 191: 329: 249:. The addition "El Bueno" to the family name of Guzmán was used by several of his descendants, who have included statesmen, generals and colonial 136:, bastard son of Pedro Núñez de Guzmán, adelantado mayor de Castilla (governor) Although according to Spanish tradition, Guzmán was born in 144:. A document from 1297 signed by the Spanish king refers to Guzmán as "a vassal", i.e. a non-Spaniard. The document was owned by the late 521: 470: 289: 526: 120:("Guzmán the Good"), was a Spanish nobleman and hero of Spain during the medieval period, the founder of the line from which the 205: 319: 197: 536: 349: 531: 231: 103: 407: 344: 263: 228: 121: 273: 296: 167:
as a defensive castle, which incorporated a seasonal residential palace and tuna processing facility.
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He was rewarded for his defense of the castle with large grants of Crown land. In 1309 Guzmán helped
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metro stop in Madrid is named in his honor, and a street where the Madrid Civil Guard barracks is.
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According to legend, Guzmán rebuffed the demand with dramatic words. According to one rendition,
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Alonso appears in the scene of the dagger, in the play Anthology theatrical by the author
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Guzmán and his life have been explored by numerous Spanish playwrights, including
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The Ancient World with Bettany Hughes – When the Moors Ruled in Europe
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Alonso Pérez de Guzmán was born on 24 January 1256, probably in
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Luisa Isabel Álvarez de Toledo, 21st Duchess of Medina Sidonia
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against the rebellion of his son Sancho IV. Guzmán held
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Alonso Pérez de Guzman in the Real Academia de Historia
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Castle of Zahara de los Atunes and Palace of Jadraza
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Guzmán el Bueno
Alonso Pérez de Guzmán, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia

León
Gaucín
Crown of Castile
First Siege of Gibraltar
Dukes of Medina Sidonia
León
Morocco
Morocco
Luisa Isabel Álvarez de Toledo, 21st Duchess of Medina Sidonia
tuna
Sancho IV of Castile
Tarifa
Castle of Zahara de los Atunes and Palace of Jadraza
Tarifa
Sancho IV of Castile
Moors
Alfonso X
Tarifa's castle
Infante Don Juan

Salvador Martínez Cubells
besiegers
Ferdinand IV of Castile
capture Gibraltar from the Moors
John II
Juan Alonso de Guzmán
Niebla

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