El Cid
1043 — 1099
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.
A memorial on Digital Cemetery, an endless map you can explore. This grave stands at coordinates 74, 54.
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