# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alfonso-viii-of-castile
# Generated: 2026-09-01T13:06:19.885Z

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name: "Alfonso VIII of Castile"
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description: "A Castilian king who turned catastrophic defeat into the battle that broke Islamic power in Spain — Las Navas de Tolosa in 1212 remains the hinge of the Reconquista."
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birthDate: "1155-11-11"
deathDate: "1214-10-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Alfonso VIII took the throne of Castile in 1158 at age two and held it until his death in 1214. In 1195 his army was crushed by the Almohads at Alarcos, a disaster that could have ended Castilian expansion. Instead he spent the next seventeen years building a coalition of Christian princes and foreign crusaders, then led them to victory at Las Navas de Tolosa in 1212 — the battle that shattered Almohad dominance and tipped the peninsula toward Christian control. His reign also saw Castile eclipse León and, through alliance with Aragon, pull the two major Christian kingdoms into lasting alignment. He died in 1214, two years after the victory that defined him.