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changed hands with higher frequency than others, and there is also evidence of rotation. It is the only courtly office for which two officers are cited at the same time: Fortún Jiménez and Ortí Ortiz were both
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pro seruitio plurimum comendando quod michi in campestri prelio fecistis, cum uexillum meum sicut uir strenuus tenuistis, cum
Almiralmomeninum regem Cartaginis deuici
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in the eleventh and twelfth centuries the office was generally bestowed on young noble members of the court, often as a prelude to promotion to the rank of
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and his guard. He generally followed his lord on campaign and into battle.
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with the grant of a village for carrying his standard in the
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was generally the next highest-ranking official after the
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210:Alfonso VIII of Castile
902:(Cambridge, 1997), 59.
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833:Manrique Pérez de Lara
681:Manrique Pérez de Lara
953:The Quest for El Cid
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217:Álvaro Núñez de Lara
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400:Fertorarius
310:Ortí Ortiz
288:Armentarius
134:fertorarius
128:, meaning "
126:armentarius
73:Portuguese:
857:References
320:Inferartis
304:Inferartis
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110:Latinised
91:household
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963:Category
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489:Offertor
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227:List of
150:signifer
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105:al-fāris
82:Catalan:
49:Spanish:
811:armiger
771:alférez
745:Sources
537:Armiger
521:Armiger
505:Alferiz
473:Armiger
384:Armiger
368:Armiger
352:Alferiz
272:Armiger
214:alférez
198:Castile
189:alférez
181:alférez
174:armoury
170:knights
162:mesnada
154:alférez
122:armiger
118:alferis
114:alferiz
68:alferes
44:alférez
18:Alferez
847:Count
831:Count
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796:Count
152:. The
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99:الفارس
95:Arabic
862:Notes
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