El Cid, Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, Castilian nobleman
El Cid, Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar (c1043-1099), Castilian nobleman and military leader in medieval Spain. He was immortalised in a 12th century Spanish epic poem, El Cantar de Mio Cid, and is the subject of a play by Pierre Corneille, an opera by Jules Massenet, and a film starring Charlton Heston
Picture No
12548461
Media ID
47664436
Size
4445px x 6804px
(4.6MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Engraving by Jackson after Harvey in The Penny Magazine', 2 January 1841, page 4
Date
11th century
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