Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar (c. 1043 – 10 July 1099) was a Castilian knight and ruler in medieval Spain. Fighting both with Christian and Muslim armies during his lifetime, he earned the Arabic honorific as-Sayyid ("the Lord" or "the Master"), which would evolve into El Çid ( Spanish: [el ˈθið] , Old Spanish: [el ˈts̻id] ), and the Spanish ...

Vivar, or Vivar del Cid, is a village of approximately 260 inhabitants, [1] part of the municipality of Quintanilla Vivar, located 7 kilometers (4.3 mi) away from Burgos, Spain. Tradition holds that the village was the birthplace of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, El Cid, as first written in the Castilian epic poem Cantar de Mio Cid.

Jan 17, 2025 · El Cid (born c. 1043, Vivar, near Burgos, Castile [Spain]—died July 10, 1099, Valencia) was a Castilian military leader and national hero. His popular name, El Cid (from Spanish Arabic al-sīd , “lord”), dates from his lifetime.

Sep 26, 2011 · Such a danger threatened the Spanish Christians late in the eleventh century when a fanatical horde of North African Berbers invaded the peninsula. An overwhelming disaster was averted when Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, known as “El Cid” (the lord, chief), resisted the whole might of Islam…. El Cid’s early years

Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, a Castilian mercenary who served Christian kings and Muslim emirs alike in late 11th-century Spain, was born in 1043 in the village of Vivar, about six miles north of the city of Burgos.

Apr 9, 2024 · Rodrigo (Vivar) de Vivar is Notable. Died: July 10, 1099, Valencia. He was a Castilian nobleman and military leader in medieval Spain. He is otherwise real but made legendary national hero of Castile. El Cid. (”the Lord” used by the Moors. Derived from Spanish-Arabic al-sīd, “lord” ) El Campeador (“ the Champion ” used by the Christians.) [1] [2]

Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar was a Spanish knight born in the year 1043, and he is the national hero of Spain. He is perhaps more widely known as “El Cid Campeador,” (El Cid meaning The Lord, or Master, and Campeador meaning The Champion, an …

Rodrigo or Ruy Díaz de Vivar, better known as el Cid or el Campeador, is the hero of the Castilian epic poem, Poema (or Cantar) de mío Cid. The Poema is not a historical document but a literary work inspired by Rodrigo’s life during his second exile and his relationship with his king, Alfonso VI.