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About Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar
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.
Everything about Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar →- Occupation
- knight, mercenary, military personnel, politician
- Position held
- seigneur
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Castile
- Born
- 1048, 1043
- Died
- 1099, 1099, July 10, 1099