This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1835 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XII. FROM THE ACCESSION OF ALONZO x., SURNAMED THE WISE, OR THE LEARNED, A. D. 1252, TO THE DEATH OF FERDINAND Iv., A. D. 1312. Men, woman, and child, from an ancient print of the road to Grenada. The surname of Wise, which has been always bestowed on this prince, was earned by his learning ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1835 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XII. FROM THE ACCESSION OF ALONZO x., SURNAMED THE WISE, OR THE LEARNED, A. D. 1252, TO THE DEATH OF FERDINAND Iv., A. D. 1312. Men, woman, and child, from an ancient print of the road to Grenada. The surname of Wise, which has been always bestowed on this prince, was earned by his learning rather than by his conduct in the government of his kingdom, which was involved in civil wars and commotions, from which a more prudent or a more resolute monarch might have preserved it. He was proclaimed at Seville, where his father died, in May, 1252. The first condolence on the death of Ferdinand which was offered to his son came from Muhammed Alahmar, king of Grenada, whose regard for that monarch was shown by a yearly deputation of Moorish knights to his tomb bearing waxen tapers to burn on the anniversary of his death. Alahmar was also the first foreign prince to renew his alliance with Castile, and some successful expeditions against Xeres and other towns were made in concert with him; the success, however, was but temporary, as they soon returned to the dominion of their Moorish lords. One of the first acts of Alonzo's reign was so dishonourable, that it conveys no favourable opinion of his principles in any case. Being discontented with his queen Violante, or Yolanda of Arragon, because she had no children, he sent ambassadors into Denmark to request the king of that country would send him one of his daughters as a bride, concealing from him that he was not yet divorced from his first wife. The princess Christina accordingly set out from her father's court, and crossing Germany and France, arrived nearly worn out with fatigue at Valladolid. But by this time the queen had a daughter, the king was reconciled to her, and Christina, ...
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