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Ruler of Seville 1069-1091.
Born 1027 - Died 1095. In 1071 he conquered the kingdom of Cordoba. He lost Cordoba in 1075 but regained it in 1078. He was a noted poet, but his kingdom was overrun by the fundamentalist Almoravides in 1091. His father, Abbad II al-Mutadid, was King of Seville 1042-1068. His grandfather was Abbad I, or Abu Al-Qasim Muhammad ibn Abbad, who established the Kingdom of Seville.
And in the fifth year of the reign of King Don Alfonso, the King sent the Cid to the Kings of Seville and of Cordova for the tribute which they were bound to pay him.
Now there was at this time war between Almocanis, King of Seville, and Almundafar, King of Granada, and with Almundafar were these men of Castille, the Count Don Garcia Ordonez, and Fortun Sanchez, the son-in-law of King Don Garcia of Navarre, and Lope Sanchez his brother, and Diego Perez, one of the best men of Castille; and they aided him all that they could, and went against the King of Seville, and when my Cid knew this it troubled him, and he sent unto them requiring them not to go against the King of Seville, nor to destroy his country, because he was King Don Alfonso's vassal; otherwise the King must defend him.
And King Almocanis received him full honourably, and gave him great gifts for himself, and paid him the full tribute for the King; and he returned rich to Castille, and with great honour.